War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina

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The work War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Title remainder

from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Statement of responsibility

Marie E. Berry

Creator

• Berry, Marie E., 1983-
• Berry, Marie E., 1983-

Author

• Berry, Marie E., 1983-
• Berry, Marie E., 1983-

Subject

• Women -- Political activity -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Women -- Political activity -- Rwanda
• Women and war -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Women and war -- Rwanda
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1990-1993
• Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994
• Social change -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Social change -- Rwanda

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

303.66082

Index

index present

LC call number

JZ6405.W66

LC item number

B47 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries