Helga Björnsdóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 104997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helga Björnsdóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helga |
| FAMILY NAME | Björnsdóttir |
| SIGNATURE | BJÖRNSDÓTTIR H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland, Reykjavík, |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nordic exceptionalism and gendered peacekeeping
The Nordic countries have been major contributors to peacekeeping, often seen as particularly well suited due to their lack of ties to colonialism and supposedly peaceful nature. The article critically addresses this idea in relation to how gender equality has been conceptualized in peacekeeping taking as an example Icelandic peacekeeping. Iceland’s recent engagement in peacekeeping has strongly emphasized gender issues but has lacked an engageme…
Unpolitical Wars
The establishment of the Icelandic peacekeeping unit (ICRU), in 2001, signalled Iceland's increased participation in various UN peacekeeping projects in conflict-ridden areas, and can be seen as a part of an emphasis during its economic boom years on Iceland as an important international player. Engagement in foreign conflicts has, however, never been a part of Icelandic national identity. Iceland had prided itself on its lack of a national army …
The 'Jeep-Gangsters' from Iceland
■ The landscape of international development has changed with increased emphasis on security as a key development issue. Peacekeeping - involving a mixture of both civilian and military agencies - is constructed inside discourses of insecurity and 'war on terror' and legitimized as an important contribution to development. We discuss the increased emphasis on 'security' and its meaning in relation to critical questions that anthropologists involv…
The 'Jeep-Gangsters' from Iceland
■ The landscape of international development has changed with increased emphasis on security as a key development issue. Peacekeeping - involving a mixture of both civilian and military agencies - is constructed inside discourses of insecurity and 'war on terror' and legitimized as an important contribution to development. We discuss the increased emphasis on 'security' and its meaning in relation to critical questions that anthropologists involv…
Unpolitical Wars
The establishment of the Icelandic peacekeeping unit (ICRU), in 2001, signalled Iceland's increased participation in various UN peacekeeping projects in conflict-ridden areas, and can be seen as a part of an emphasis during its economic boom years on Iceland as an important international player. Engagement in foreign conflicts has, however, never been a part of Icelandic national identity. Iceland had prided itself on its lack of a national army …
The 'Jeep-Gangsters' from Iceland
■ The landscape of international development has changed with increased emphasis on security as a key development issue. Peacekeeping - involving a mixture of both civilian and military agencies - is constructed inside discourses of insecurity and 'war on terror' and legitimized as an important contribution to development. We discuss the increased emphasis on 'security' and its meaning in relation to critical questions that anthropologists involv…
Unpolitical Wars
The establishment of the Icelandic peacekeeping unit (ICRU), in 2001, signalled Iceland's increased participation in various UN peacekeeping projects in conflict-ridden areas, and can be seen as a part of an emphasis during its economic boom years on Iceland as an important international player. Engagement in foreign conflicts has, however, never been a part of Icelandic national identity. Iceland had prided itself on its lack of a national army …
Nordic exceptionalism and gendered peacekeeping
The Nordic countries have been major contributors to peacekeeping, often seen as particularly well suited due to their lack of ties to colonialism and supposedly peaceful nature. The article critically addresses this idea in relation to how gender equality has been conceptualized in peacekeeping taking as an example Icelandic peacekeeping. Iceland’s recent engagement in peacekeeping has strongly emphasized gender issues but has lacked an engageme…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Peacekeeping (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (2 works) · Icelandic (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)