| Description |
xii, 225 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Interpersonal violence series |
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Interpersonal violence.
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| Contents |
Part I. Pushing Law: Legislating Gender Violence Worldwide -- 1. Leigh Goodmark: Exporting Without License: The American Attempt to End Intimate Partner Abuse Worldwide -- 2. Rashida Manjoo: Gaps and Challenges in States' Response in the Quest to Eliminate Violence Against Women-A Global Perspective -- Part II. Developing a Legal Response -- 3. Robin Runge: Operating in a Narrow Space to Effect Change: Development of a Legal System Response to Domestic Violence in China -- 4. Nicole Phillips: The Vital Role of Grassroots Movements in Combatting Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Abuse in Haiti -- 5. Nadera Shalhoub-Krevorkian and Adrien K. Wing: Violence against Palestinian Women in the West Bank -- III. Tackling Specifics: The Lessons of Implementation -- 6. Johanna Bond and Elizabeth Bruch: Lessons from the Local: Rurality and Responses to Intimate Partner Abuse in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United State -- 7. Nia Parson: "In the Good Times and the Bad": Gendered Notions, Economic Inequality, Intimate Partner Violence and Lessons from Chile to Move Beyond Judicial Reform -- 8. Rashmi Goel: Coaxing Culture-India's Legislative Response to Dowry Deaths -- IV. Still Work to Do: The Continuing Evolution of the Legal Response -- 9. Kris Miccio: An American in St Patrick's Court: Gender-Violence, Gender Inequality and the Irish Feminist Response -- 10. Molly Dragiewicz: Family Law Reform and Domestic Violence: Lessons from Australia -- 11. Julie Goldschied: The Economics of Gender Violence in Norway: A Comparative Approach -- 12. Nancy Lombard and Nel Whiting: Domestic Abuse: Feminism, the Government and the Unique Case of Scotland -- 13. Donna Coker and Ahjane Macquoid: Alternative U.S. Responses to Intimate Partner Violence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Intimate partner violence -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
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Women -- Violence against -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
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Women -- Crimes against -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
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| Added Author |
Goel, Rashmi.
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Goodmark, Leigh, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9780199346578 (alkaline paper) |
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0199346577 (alkaline paper) |
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