War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina - Couverture souple

Berry, Marie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108401511 ISBN 13 : 9781108401517

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marie E. Berry is Assistant Professor of International Comparative Politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108401511
• ISBN 13: 9781108401517
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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