Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Janie L. Leatherman is Director of International Studies and Professor of Politics at Fairfield University. Klappentext This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and responses to sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. It explores the function and effect of wartime sexual violence and examines the conditions that make women and girls most vulnerable to these acts both before, during and after conflict. To understand the motivations of the men (and occasionally women) who perpetrate this violence, the book analyzes the role played by systemic and situational factors such as patriarchy and militarized masculinity. Difficult questions of accountability are tackled; in particular, the case of child soldiers, who often suffer a double victimization when forced to commit sexual atrocities. The book concludes by looking at strategies of prevention and protection as well as new programs being set up on the ground to support the rehabilitation of survivors and their communities. Sexual violence in war has long been a taboo subject but, as this book shows, new and courageous steps are at last being taken - at both local and international level - to end what has been called the "greatest silence in history". Zusammenfassung * A new volume in Polity s successful War and Conflict in the Modern World series. * Offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of sexual violence across a range of conflict zones. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Ending the Silence 2. Dimensions of Sexual Violence in Conflict 3. Sexual Violence and the Onset of Armed Conflict 4. Seeking Safe Space 5. Sexual Violence and the Global Political Economy of War 6. From Protection and Accountability to an Ethic of Caring Notes Selected Readings Index

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• Authors: Leatherman, Janie L Leatherman, Janie L. Leatherman, Janie L. (Director of International Studies & Professor of Politics at Fairfield University) Leatherman, Jl Leatherman, LEATHERMAN JANIE L
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2011
• EAN: 9780745641874
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-4187-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Wcmw - War and Conflict in the; War and Conflict in the Modern World; War and Conflict in the Modern
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Sexual abuse & harassment, War Crimes, Sexual abuse and harassment, Armed Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, sexual violence, war, conflict