Women, Violence and Social Change
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Women, Violence and Social Change demonstrates how refuges and shelters stand as the core of the battered women's movement, providing a basis for pragmatic support, political action and radical renewal. From this base movements in Britain and the United States have challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to women. The book provides important evidence on the way social movements can successfully challenge institutions of the State as well as salutatory lessons on the nature of diverted and thwarted struggle. Throughout the book the Dobashes' years of researching violence against women is illustrated in the depth of their analysis. They maintain the tradition established in their first book, Violence Against Wives, which was widely accalimed.
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In domestic violence the power of the abuser is made visible in the violence and control exerted over the abused.
“In domestic violence the power of the abuser is made visible in the violence and control exerted over the abused (Dobash & Dobash, 1992).”
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- Authors
- Dobash, R. E., & Dobash, R. P.
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2003-12-16
- OpenAlex
- W4300030573
- Cited by
- 658
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 20.09
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America
- Keywords
- violence against women, battered women's movement, social movements, state institutions, police and courts, social services, political action, social change, Great Britain, United States
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