1st Edition

Gender and the Political Economy of Conflict in Africa The persistence of violence

By Meredeth Turshen Copyright 2016
220 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Violence affects the economy of production and the ecology of reproduction— the production of economic goods and services and the generational reproduction of workers, the regeneration of the capacity to work and maintenance of workers on a daily basis, and the renewal of culture and society through community relations and the education of children Gender and the Political Economy of Conflict... Read more

Part 1: The persistence of violence  1. Gender and the political economy of violence  2. The gendered history of persistent violence  Part 2. Violence in production and social reproduction  3. Gender and the use of force in production  4. Violence in biological and social reproduction  5. The construction of lives in armed conflict  Part 3. Social movements and social justice  6. Social movements and the struggle for social justice

Biography

Meredeth Turshen is Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA.

"This is not a ‘neat’ book, in that the analysis suggests loose ends that cannot be tied up. But this is reflective of the extreme messiness of violence and conflict that make up the lives of many women, and for this it is refreshing and ultimately more convincing, and more useful in understanding the persistence of violence in women’s lives." - Fenella Porter, Ruskin College, Oxford, UK