War, women, and power from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Port Melbourne, VIC, New Delhi, Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2018
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Women and war
> Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
> Women
> Political activity
> Social change
> Rwanda
> Bosnia and Herzegovina
> Bürgerkrieg
> Gewalttätigkeit
> Gewalt
> Frau
> Sexualverhalten
> Geschlecht
> Frauenbewegung
> Sozialer Wandel
> Politische Mobilisierung
> Politische Beteiligung
> History
> Ruanda
> Bosnien-Herzegowina
> Hochschulschrift
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015 Rwanda and Bosnia both experienced mass violence in the early 1990s. Less than ten years later, Rwandans surprisingly elected the world's highest level of women to parliament. In Bosnia, women launched thousands of community organizations that became spaces for informal political participation. The political mobilization of women in both countries complicates the popular image of women as merely the victims and spoils of war. Through a close examination of these cases, Marie E. Berry unpacks the puzzling relationship between war and women's political mobilization. Drawing from over 260 interviews with women in both countries, she argues that war can reconfigure gendered power relations by precipitating demographic, economic, and cultural shifts. In the aftermath, however, many of the gains women made were set back. This book offers an entirely new view of women and war and includes concrete suggestions for policy makers, development organizations, and activists supporting women's rights.--Publisher's summary |
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| Beschreibung: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015 First published 2018, first paperback edition 2018 |
| Beschreibung: | xxv, 271 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781108416184 978-1-108-41618-4 9781108401517 978-1-108-40151-7 |