Volume 10 is an interrogation into mainstream International Relations (IR) from the standpoint of gender. The volume examines the gender dimension in foreign policy. Questioning the dynamics of power and power relations is at the core of this volume. Engendering of foreign policy is not only the quest to locate the role and space of women in the different sectors and areas of foreign policy; but, more critically, to examine and interrogate the power relations between and among gender in the mainstream IR discourse and practice.
Volume 10 has attempted to examine different concepts and issues, ranging from indigenous people and minority issues to civil society, citizenship, culture, sports, diplomacy, economy, migration, sports, and rights issues to UN peacekeeping, international treaties, and security paradigms. Mainly to locate the contributions of women in all these sectors and the impact gender had on the foreign policy process and its outcomes. Concepts and institutions are essential to constructing and deconstructing the hegemony of knowledge and practices. This volume aims to deconstruct this hegemony and bring women out in the public realm as equal partners in all areas of life and state crafting, including foreign policy and IR. This volume is not only a critical intervention in the existing state of knowledge but also an attempt to make it more holistic by weaving in the gender factor.
