Violence Against Women in Politics

Name: Violence Against Women in Politics
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By Krook, Mona Lena

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Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment. This book provides the first comprehensive account of this phenomenon, exploring how women came to give these experiences a name: violence against women in politics. Tracing its global emergence as a concept, Mona Lena Krook draws on insights from multiple disciplines--political science, sociology, history, gender studies, economics, linguistics, psychology, and forensic science--to develop a more robust version of this concept to support ongoing activism and inform future scholarly work. Krook argues that violence against women in politics is not simply a gendered extension of existing definitions of political violence privileging physical aggressions against rivals. Rather, it is a distinct phenomenon involving a broad range of harms to attack and undermine women as political actors, taking physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and semiotic forms. Incorporating a wide range of country examples, she illustrates what this violence looks like in practice, catalogues emerging solutions around the world, and considers how to document this phenomenon more effectively. Highlighting its implications for democracy, human rights, and gender equality, the book asserts that addressing this issue requires ongoing dialogue and collaboration to ensure women's equal rights to participate--freely and safely--in political life around the globe.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 328
Release Date:: 2020-09-01
Publication Date:: 2020-09-01
Publisher:: OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0190088478
ISBN13:: 9780190088477
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 500 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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