UID:
almahu_9947979309102882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9780190901554 (ebook) :
Content:
How can we understand and contest the global wave of violence against women? In this text, Alison Brysk shows that gender violence across countries tends to change as countries develop and liberalize, but not in the ways that we might predict. She shows how liberalizing authoritarian countries and transitional democracies may experience more shifting patterns and greater levels of violence than less developed and democratic countries, due to changes and uncertainties in economic and political structures. While a combination of international action, law, public policy, civil society mobilization, and changes in social values work to decrease gender violence, Brysk assesses the potential, limits, and balance of these measures.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190901516
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
