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

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

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 t...

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Main Author: Brysk, Alison, 1960- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Women > Violence against.
Women's rights.
Sex crimes > Prevention.
Human rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Human rights
Sex crimes > Prevention
Women > Violence against
Women's rights
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Table of Contents:
  • Violence against women
  • Constructing human rights
  • Acting globally : the international rights repertoire
  • Standing up for security: mobilization
  • Freedom : from sexual slavery to self determination
  • The right to life : femicide and intimate partner violence
  • The right to bodily integrity : the struggle to end sexual violence
  • Ending impunity : law and its limits
  • Expanding rights : gendered public policy
  • Norm change : pathways of persuasion
  • Conclusion: the quest for freedom from fear
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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