The ^AStruggle for Freedom from Fear

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The ^AStruggle for Freedom from Fear is written by Alison Brysk and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190901543 (ISBN 10) and 9780190901547 (ISBN 13).

How can we understand and contest the global wave of violence against women? In this book, Alison Brysk shows that gender violence across countries tends to change as countries develop and liberalize, but not in the ways that we might predict. She shows how liberalizing authoritarian countries and transitional democracies may experience more shifting patterns and greater levels of violence than less developed and democratic countries, due to changes and uncertainties in economic and political structures. While a combination of international action, law, public policy, civil society mobilization, and changes in social values work to decrease gender violence, Brysk assesses the potential, limits, and balance of these measures.