TY - BOOK AU - Donahoe,Amanda E. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Peacebuilding through Women’s Community Development : Wee Women's Work in Northern Ireland SN - 9783319551944 AV - JZ5509.2-6300 U1 - 327.16 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Peace KW - Sociology KW - Great Britain—Politics and government KW - Religion and sociology KW - Social service KW - Conflict Studies KW - Peace Studies KW - Gender Studies KW - British Politics KW - Religion and Society KW - Social Work and Community Development N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Benign Apartheid -- 3. The Gendered Politics of Violence -- 4. The Coalition and the Peace Process -- 5. The Development of Community Development -- 6. Wee Women’s Work -- 7. Politics and Constraint -- 8. Looking Outward -- 9. Conclusion; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки N2 - This book explores the gendered history of the Troubles, the rise of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, and the role of community development as a new field in Northern Ireland. Nearly twenty years after the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement that ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland, tensions persist and society is still deeply divided. The book addresses the ways in which women navigate these tensions and contribute to peacebuilding through community development, described dismissively by many in Northern Ireland as the work of “wee women.” Women navigate this gendered space to build peace strategically through “Wee Women’s Work.” The author focuses in particular on the Women’s Sector and draws on feminist theory to examine the distinction between formal and informal politics UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55194-4 ER -