Gender, Violence and the Social Order
- List Price: $185.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
Description:
This is an exciting and innovative book which provides a thorough introduction to contemporary social theory by examining the way in which the widespread existence of violence against women is explained. A wide range of theories from liberalism to evolutionary psychology are considered culminating in the development of a distinctive feminist realist position. The theories discussed are tested against a large scale survey, the findings of which challenge many conventional wisdoms as to the patterning of violence in contemporary society.
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