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Poverty, battered women, and work in U.S. public policy /

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This text presents findings from research on the intersection of poverty and men's coercive control of their wives and girlfriends. It articulates a progressive feminist human rights-based alternative to the conventional contention that policy should respond to poverty and abuse by reforming wo...

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Main Author: Brush, Lisa Diane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:Interpersonal violence.
Subjects:
Abused women > United States.
Man-woman relationships > United States.
Welfare recipients > Employment > United States.
Femmes victimes de violence > États-Unis.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
Abused women
Man-woman relationships
Welfare recipients > Employment
United States
Abused women > United States
Man-woman relationships > United States
Welfare recipients > Employment > United States
Electronic books.
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Summary:This text presents findings from research on the intersection of poverty and men's coercive control of their wives and girlfriends. It articulates a progressive feminist human rights-based alternative to the conventional contention that policy should respond to poverty and abuse by reforming women's character through employment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 197 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-163) and index.
ISBN:9780199897483
0199897484