The gender–culture double bind in Israeli–Palestinian peace negotiations
A narrative approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12301366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarai B Aharoni (0000-0002-9096-4828, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 373-390 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Security Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0106 • E-ISSN: 1460-3640 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0967010614537329 |
| OpenAlex | W2149782045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 40 |
This article investigates structural conditions for women’s inclusion/exclusion in peace negotiations by focusing on the linkage between acts of gender stereotyping and cultural framing. Through a narrative analysis of semi-structured interviews with Israeli negotiators and administrators who participated in official negotiations during the Oslo peace process, I link two recent claims about how gender may affect negotiators’ understandings of strategic exchange: the gendered devaluation effect and the gender–culture double bind hypothesis. Building upon postcolonial feminist critique, I argue that narratives about women and cultural difference (a) demonstrate and engage with Israeli essentialist and Orientalist discourses about Arab culture and masculinity; (b) manifest how ideas about strategic dialogue and negotiations are gendered; and (c) convey how policymakers and negotiators may use cultural claims to rationalize women’s exclusion from diplomatic and strategic dialogue. Furthermore, the study implies that dominant framings of Israeli–Palestinian negotiations as a binary East–West encounter need to be replaced by a more nuanced conceptualization of cultural identity that captures contextual aspects of difference, including the existence of military power and masculine dominance
Conceptualization · Essentialism · Framing (construction · Masculinity · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |