TY - BOOK ID - 49313108 TI - The struggle for freedom from fear : contesting violence against women at the frontiers of globalization PY - 2018 SN - 0190901551 0190901535 0190901543 PB - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Women's rights. KW - Sex crimes KW - Human rights. KW - Violence against. KW - Prevention. KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Rights of women KW - Women's rights KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Law and legislation KW - Civil rights KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Women Violence against KW - Violence against UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49313108 AB - How can we understand and contest the global wave of violence against women? In this text, Alison Brysk shows that gender violence across countries tends to change as countries develop and liberalize, but not in the ways that we might predict. She shows how liberalizing authoritarian countries and transitional democracies may experience more shifting patterns and greater levels of violence than less developed and democratic countries, due to changes and uncertainties in economic and political structures. While a combination of international action, law, public policy, civil society mobilization, and changes in social values work to decrease gender violence, Brysk assesses the potential, limits, and balance of these measures. ER -