The struggle for freedom from fear : contesting violence against women at the frontiers of globalization

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The struggle for freedom from fear : contesting violence against women at the frontiers of globalization

Title remainder

contesting violence against women at the frontiers of globalization

Statement of responsibility

Alison Brysk

Creator

• Brysk, Alison, 1960-

Subject

• Human rights
• Sex crimes -- Prevention
• Women -- Violence against
• Women's rights

Language

eng

Summary

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.--

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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized