| ID | 139018 |
| Title Proper | Globalisation masculinities, empire building and forced prostitution |
| Other Title Information | a critical analysis of the gendered impact of the neoliberal economic agenda in post-invasion/occupation Iraq |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Banwell , Stacy |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Adopting a transnational feminist lens and using a political economy approach, this article addresses both the direct and indirect consequences of the 2003 war in Iraq, specifically the impact on civilian women. Pre-war security and gender relations in Iraq will be compared with the situation post-invasion/occupation. The article examines the globalised processes of capitalism, neoliberalism and neo-colonialism and their impact on the political, social and economic infrastructure in Iraq. Particular attention will be paid to illicit and informal economies: coping, combat and criminal. The 2003 Iraq war was fought using masculinities of empire, post-colonialism and neoliberalism. Using the example of forced prostitution, the article will argue that these globalisation masculinities – specifically the privatisation agenda of the West and its illegal economic occupation – have resulted in women either being forced into the illicit (coping) economy as a means of survival, or trafficked for sexual slavery by profit-seeking criminal networks who exploit the informal economy in a post-invasion/occupation Iraq. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 36, No.4; 2015: p.705-722 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol: 36 No 4 |
| Key Words | Political Economy ; Neoliberalism ; Transnational Feminism ; Gender - Based Violence ; Globalisation Masculinities ; Post – Colonialism |