Gender Politics of Domestic Violence - Feminists Engaging the State in Central and Eastern Europe

The Gender Politics of Domestic Violence Policy considers what explains the emergence of women's rights friendly domestic violence policy reforms in some countries in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region and their absence in others.

List of contents

Preface 1. Introduction: The Gender Politics of Domestic Violence Policy Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe 2. Five Stories of Change 3. Mapping Gendered Meanings of Domestic Violence Legal and Policy Reforms: Comparing Policy Change Over Time 4. Politicizing Domestic Violence: Dynamics of Gendered Structures 5. Comparing Women’s Movements Across the Region 6. How Does Gender Disappear and Reappear in Domestic Violence Policy Regimes 7. Conclusions: Gendering Domestic Violence Policies

About the author

Andrea Krizsán is a Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, Budapest. Her research focuses on the comparative politics of gender inequality and violence against women and intersectionality in Central and Eastern Europe.
Conny Roggeband lectures at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include gender mainstreaming and equality policies, gender-based violence, social movements and transnational feminist networking.

Summary

The Gender Politics of Domestic Violence Policy considers what explains the emergence of women’s rights friendly domestic violence policy reforms in some countries in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region and their absence in others.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea (Central European University Krizsan, Andrea Roggeband Krizsan, Andrea Krizsán, Conny Roggeband, Roggeband Conny
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138667327
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66732-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Gender and Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Feminism & feminist theory, Central Europe, domestic violence, Feminism and feminist theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Domestic abuse