The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan /

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"Since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, violence against women has emerged as the single most important issue for Afghan gender politics. The Politics of Protection, based on research conducted in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2015, locates the struggles over gender v...

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Main Author: Wimpelmann, Torunn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's rights.
Women > Violence against.
Women > Social conditions.
Sex crimes.
Politics and government.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social issues and processes.
Regional and national history.
Humanities.
History.
Feminism and feminist theory.
Crimes sexuels > Afghānistān > 21e siecle.
Femmes > Violence envers > Afghānistān > 21e siecle.
Femmes > Droits > Afghānistān > 21e siecle.
Femmes > Afghānistān > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Sex crimes > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Women > Violence against > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Women's rights > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century.
Afghanistan.
Afghānistān > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
Afghanistan > Politics and government > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, violence against women has emerged as the single most important issue for Afghan gender politics. The Politics of Protection, based on research conducted in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2015, locates the struggles over gender violence in local and global power configurations. The author finds that aid flows and geopolitics have served as both opportunities and obstacles to feminist politics in Afghanistan. Showing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted negotiations with powerful national actors or broad political mobilization, the book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (204 pages).
ISBN:9780520966390
Access:Open Access

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