Description: Struggle for Freedom from Fear : Contesting Violence Against Women at the Frontiers of Globalization, Hardcover by Brysk, Alison, ISBN 0190901519, ISBN-13 9780190901516, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK How can we understand and contest the global wave of violence against women? In this book, 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. Accordingly, Brysk analyzes the experience of semi-liberal, developing countries at the frontiers of globalization--Brazil, India, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, and Turkey--to map out patterns of gender violence and what can be done to change those patterns. As th shows, gender violence is not static, nor can it be attributed to culture or individual pathology--rather it varies across a continuum that tracks economic, political, and social change. 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. Brysk shows that a human rights approach is necessary but not sufficient to address gender violence, and that insights from feminist and development approaches are essential.
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Book Title: Struggle for Freedom from Fear : Contesting Violence Against Wome
Number of Pages: 386 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Struggle for Freedom from Fear: Contesting Violence against Women at the Frontiers of Globalization
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Government
Item Height: 237 mm
Item Weight: 690 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Alison Brysk
Subject Area: Gender Issues, Civil Service, Social Organisations, Constitutional Law
Item Width: 164 mm
Format: Hardcover
