War as a ‘window of opportunity’? The recruitment and mobilisation of women in FARC-EP

 WAR AS A ‘WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY’? THE RECRUITMENT AND MOBILISATION OF WOMEN IN FARC-EP
 
 AGNES BERGE
 
 Uppsala University 
 Department of Government
 Political Science
 
 1. INTRODUCTION: GENDER AND CIVIL WAR
 1.1 RESEARCH QUESTION 
 1.2 DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
 1.3 OUTLINE 
 
 2. THEORIES ON INSURGENT MOBILISATION
 2.1 THE “GREED VS GRIEVANCE” DICHOTOMY
 2.2 THE ENDOGENEITY OF CIVIL WARS 
 2.3 PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN LATIN AMERICAN INSURGENCIES 
 
 3. METHOD
 3.1 SELECTION OF CASE
 3.2 DESIGN OF THE STUDY 
 3.3 THE MATERIAL
 
 4. THE IMPACT OF GENDER ON WOMEN’S MOBILISATION AND RECRUITMENT TO FARC
 4.1 FARC’S MESSAGE ON GENDER EQUALITY 
 4.2 GENDER IN FARC’S INTERNAL STRUCTURE 
 4.3 “GENDERED” PATTERNS OF MOBILISATION
 
 5. CONCLUSIONS: IS THE GENDER FACTOR RELEVANT?