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Violence Against Women in Politics.

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This book provides the first comprehensive account of violence against women in politics. Tracing its emergence as a concept, Mona Lena Krook draws on research in multiple disciplines to theorize that this phenomenon is not simply a gendered extension of existing definitions of political violence pr...

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Main Author: Krook, Mona Lena
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2020.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Violence against > Cross-cultural studies.
Sexism in political culture > Cross-cultural studies.
Femmes > Activité politique > Études transculturelles.
Femmes > Violence envers > Études transculturelles.
Sexisme dans la culture politique > Études transculturelles.
Sexism in political culture
Women > Political activity
Women > Violence against
Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Comparative Politics.
Women in Politics.
Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
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Summary:This book provides the first comprehensive account of violence against women in politics. Tracing its emergence as a concept, Mona Lena Krook draws on research in multiple disciplines to theorize that this phenomenon 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 undermine women as political actors. Adopting a global comparative approach, Krook illustrates what this violence looks like in practice and catalogues emerging solutions around the.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.)
ISBN:9780190088491
0190088494
9780190088484
0190088486