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Article: Resisting occupation or institutionalizing control? Israeli women and protest in West Bank checkpoints.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Peace Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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Introduction
The Napoleonic wars initiated the modern republican order in which citizens, in return for security, participate in the political and military ambitions of the nation-state, and in defense of country and nation (Clausewitz, 1993). In consequence, in national conflicts the divide between "us" and "them"--the enemy--is drawn in the boldest terms. In situations of protracted national conflict, this division is heightened, leading to accentuated patriotism, jingoism, and to militarization of various aspects of civilian life and culture. Indeed Enloe (2000) argues that almost all modern democratic societies are structurally and culturally militarized to ...