The experiences of women leaders advancing international peacebuilding: a cross-case study of Nobel Peace Prize laureates
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2015
Authors
Hentschel, Margit, author
Kees, Nathalie, advisor
Jennings, Louise, committee member
Timpson, William, committee member
Zimmerman, Toni, committee member
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Representative testimony is showcased from four living women Nobel Peace Prize laureates from a multitude of public texts, presentations, and interviews that document their voices and experiences to advance international peacebuilding. Critical feminist theory and critical literacy theory provide the theoretical framework to support my cross-case study. Mindful inquiry and appreciative inquiry are also employed as methods. Thematic findings include both an individual case study and a cross-case study presentation, which showcased two themes for each participant. The cross-case study findings reveal four predominant themes; 1) having access, power, and a platform as Nobel Peace Prize laureates, 2) social justice identity construction, 3) non-violent action, and 4) promoting a strategy of hope. The implications of my research highlight the importance of including women's voices in international peacebuilding and how their political leadership and activism promote human rights and democracy for all people. Recommendations for future research include greater gender equality in language construction and in fostering political peacebuilding leadership roles. Understanding how to replicate the exceptional qualities embodied by these four women is key in advancing future such leaders.
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critical feminist theory
Nobel Peace women laureates
women peacebuilding leaders
mindful inquiry
appreciative inquiry
peace education