Gender, Sexuality, and Intelligence Studies - Mary Manjikian

Gender, Sexuality, and Intelligence Studies

The Spy in the Closet

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
X, 279 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-39896-5 (ISBN)
90,94 inkl. MwSt

This is the first work to engage with intelligence studies through the lens of queer theory. Adding to the literature in critical intelligence studies and critical international relations theory, this work considers the ways in which both the spy, and the activities of espionage can be viewed as queer. Part One argues that the spy plays a role which represents a third path between the hard power of the military and the soft power of diplomacy. Part Two shows how the intelligence community plays a key role in enabling leaders of democracies to conduct covert activities running counter to that mission and ideology, in this way allowing a leader to have two foreign policies-an overt, public policy and a second, closeted, queer foreign policy.


lt;p>Mary Manjikian is Professor and Associate Dean at the Robertson School of Government, Regent University, USA. Her work has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Intelligence and National Security and International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. She is a former US foreign service officer with service in the Netherlands, Russia and Bulgaria.

1. Introduction.- 2. The Queerness of Intelligence.- 3. Queer Spies.- 4. Treason, Agency and Sexuality.- 5. Queerness, Secrecy and Revelation.- 6. Coming Out as an Intelligence Agent.- 7. The Politics of Covert Activity.- 8. The Future is Queer: New Developments in Intelligence Activity. 

"This challenging and bold study is more than a groundbreaking work in CIS literature ... . this book is highly recommended, not only for CIS academics but also for anyone related to and interested in critical thinking in IR. The fluent and clear usage of language makes it pleasant to read, while the pedagogic usage of mythology narratives facilitates comprehension of the theoretical concepts. ... the theoretical framework presented in this book provides substantial guidance." (Elif Ezgi Keles, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Vol. 17, 2022)

“This challenging and bold study is more than a groundbreaking work in CIS literature … . this book is highly recommended, not only for CIS academics but also for anyone related to and interested in critical thinking in IR. The fluent and clear usage of language makes it pleasant to read, while the pedagogic usage of mythology narratives facilitates comprehension of the theoretical concepts. … the theoretical framework presented in this book provides substantial guidance.” (Elif Ezgi Keleş, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Vol. 17, 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo X, 279 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 380 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Schlagworte Counterintelligence • Covert Activity • critical international relations • Gender • Gender and Intelligence • Gender and International Relations • Gender and Sexuality • Homosexuality • intelligence agent • IR theory • performativity • Queer • Queer Behaviour • Queer Intelligence • Queer International Relations • Queerness • Queer Politics • Queer Theory • Sexuality • sexual politics
ISBN-10 3-030-39896-X / 303039896X
ISBN-13 978-3-030-39896-5 / 9783030398965
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