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Betty Reardon has been a pioneer in making explicit the connection between patriarchy and militarism.
Betty Reardon has been a pioneer in making explicit the connection between patriarchy and militarism. This chapter, written together by a pair of activist-scholars as an exchange of ideas and experiences in letters, identifies and reflects upon the ideas and activist themes in Professor Reardon’s life work that have had resonance for our work.
October 2, 2018
Swarna Rajagopalan, Political Scientist, India; Email: swarnar@gmail.com.
Asha Hans, Former Professor of Political Science and Founder Director School of Women’s Studies Utkal University, India; Email: ashahans10@gmail.com.
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Personal communication from Betty Reardon to Asha Hans, September 2018.
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Oxfam India reported in 2018 that in India, the richest one percent bagged 73% of wealth created in 2017 which is equivalent to the total budget of Central Government in 2017–2018.
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Rajagopalan, S., Hans, A. (2019). The Letters: An Exchange on Patriarchy, Militarization and Feminist Peace Activism. In: Snauwaert, D. (eds) Exploring Betty A. Reardon’s Perspective on Peace Education. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18387-5_9
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