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Foto på Georgia De Leeuw.

Georgia de Leeuw

Forskare

Foto på Georgia De Leeuw.

Caring feminist states? Paternalistic feminist foreign policies and the silencing of Indigenous justice claims in Sweden and Canada

Författare

  • Annika Bergman Rosamond
  • Jessica Cheung
  • Georgia de Leeuw

Summary, in English

The self-identification of Sweden and Canada as exceptionally caring and ethical states committed to the goal of global gender justice has been reinforced through their adoption of feminist foreign policies (FFPs). However, despite the enthusiasm surrounding the potential of feminism as an ethical approach to foreign policy making, critics have drawn attention to the many failings of FFPs that hamper their ability to bring about transformative change. This article posits that the shortcomings of Swedish and Canadian FFPs are rooted in an unacknowledged legacy of colonial power relations. It is from within this history of violence that Swedish and Canadian practices of feminism both “at home” and “abroad” can be seen as a re-articulation of colonialism. Through two illustrative narrative readings of reconciliation efforts, the article examines state provisions of hierarchically imposed, paternalistic expressions of care that silence Indigenous “articulations of self-care.” As such, it addresses a significant gap in the literature on FFPs by highlighting the risk of self-proclaimed “caring” feminist states reproducing colonial power relations within and beyond borders.

Avdelning/ar

  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

Publiceringsår

2023-11-17

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1-24

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Nyckelord

  • Feminist foreign policy
  • Indigenous justice
  • care
  • narratives
  • coloniality

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1461-6742