The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan Paperback / softback
by Torunn Wimpelmann
Paperback / softback
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At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's open access publishing program.
Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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 Pitfalls 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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:230 pages, 2 b-w tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:22/05/2017
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- ISBN:9780520293199
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:230 pages, 2 b-w tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:22/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520293199