Coming soon: Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States: A Fragmented Peace
Edited by Katrina Leclerc, Nisha Singh, and Shirley Graham
A Fragmented Peace brings together scholars and practitioners from the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada (WPSN-C) and the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (CSWG WPS) to examine how the WPS agenda is contested and reshaped in polarized North American contexts. Through cross-border, interdisciplinary perspectives, it highlights the tensions between State frameworks, civil society action, and evolving security challenges.
About the book
In an era marked by deepening political polarisation, democratic strain, and shifting security priorities, A Fragmented Peace offers a timely and critical examination of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Canada and the United States. Emerging from a cross-border collaboration between members of the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada (WPSN-C) and the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (CSWG WPS), the volume brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and civil society actors to explore how WPS is being implemented, challenged, and reimagined across diverse contexts—from defence institutions and legislative frameworks to grassroots activism and transnational partnerships. It interrogates the limits of State-centric and multilateral approaches while foregrounding the central role of civil society in sustaining and advancing the agenda. Spanning themes such as militarisation, digital threats, settler colonial legacies, youth leadership, masculinities, LGBTQI+ inclusion, and climate security, the book provides a nuanced and intersectional analysis of WPS in North America. Grounded in both empirical case studies and critical reflection, it not only diagnoses the fractures shaping contemporary WPS efforts but also identifies pathways for more inclusive, accountable, and contextually rooted feminist peacebuilding.
English