ISBN:
9781108236003
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxv, 271 pages)
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DDC:
303.66082
Keywords:
Geschichte 1985-2004
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Women and war
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Women and war
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Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
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Women Political activity
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Women Political activity
;
Social change
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Social change
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Politischer Wandel
;
Gewalttätigkeit
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Politische Mobilisierung
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Frau
;
Krieg
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Rwanda History Civil War, 1994
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Rwanda History Civil War, 1990-1993
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Bosnien-Herzegowina
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Ruanda
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Ruanda
;
Bosnien-Herzegowina
;
Krieg
;
Frau
;
Ruanda
;
Bosnien-Herzegowina
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Frau
;
Politische Mobilisierung
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Geschichte 1985-2004
Abstract:
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
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DOI:
10.1017/9781108236003
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