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

Title: War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina / Marie E. Berry.
Author: Berry, Marie E., 1983-
Publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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Description

xxv, 271 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

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.--Publisher's summary.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. From violence to mobilization : war, women, and power. -- Women and war -- Transformative power of war -- Understanding formal and everyday politics -- Argument -- Research design : a historical-institutionalist approach -- Data and methodology -- On the "politics of naming" and the genocide debate -- The structure of the book. -- ch. 2. Historical roots of mass violence in Rwanda. -- Gender in the colonial period : 1895-1962 -- The changing status of women during revolution and the post-colonial period -- Origins of the RPF -- War begins -- "Democratization" -- Genocide begins, civil war continues -- National trends in genocidal violence -- Regional variation -- A tentative peace : RPF victory -- Conclusion. -- ch. 3. War and structural shifts in Rwanda. -- Demographic shifts -- Economic shifts -- Cultural shifts -- Conclusion. -- ch. 4. Women's political mobilization in Rwanda. -- A "politics of practice" : everyday politics -- New activities through civil society organizations -- Formal politics -- Conclusion. -- ch. 5. Historical roots of mass violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- Women in the interwar period and the first Yugoslavia -- World War II -- Tito's Yugoslavia -- Build up to the war -- War begins -- Sexualized violence -- War comes to an end. -- ch. 6. War and structural shifts in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- Demographic shifts -- Economic shifts -- Cultural shifts -- Conclusion. -- ch. 7. Women's political mobilization in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- A "politics of practice" : everyday politics -- New activities through civil society organizations -- Resistance and defiance : bridging informal and formal politics -- Formal political participation -- Conclusion. -- ch. 8. Limits of mobilization. -- The political settlement -- Revitalization of patriarchy -- Conclusion. -- ch. 9. Conclusion. -- Limitations -- Theoretical contributions -- An absence of war, still far from peace.

Call Number

Sc E 18-776

ISBN

9781108416184
1108416187
9781108401517
1108401511

LCCN

2017053512

OCLC

1012697969

Author

Berry, Marie E., 1983- author.

Title

War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina / Marie E. Berry.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1990-1995

Other Editions:

Revision of: Berry, Marie Elizabeth. From violence to mobilization. [Los Angeles] : University of California, Los Angeles, 2015 (OCoLC)926757416

Other Form:

Also issued online: Berry, Marie E., 1983- War, women, and power. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781108246897 (OCoLC)1026492225

Research Call Number

Sc E 18-776

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