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Realism remains the most influential current within international relations (IR) as an academic discipline. Realism claims that sovereignty is not only a statist property, but it is one which is not necessarily contentious if defined in an empirically rigorous, non-normative manner. Since sovereignty is seen as not necessarily contestable, it is, realists argue, also gender-free.
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Hoffman, J. (2001). Gender, Realism and International Relations. In: Gender and Sovereignty. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288188_7
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