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Author Turshen, Meredeth

Title Gender and the political economy of conflict in Africa. The persistence of violence / meredeth Turshen
Published Basingstoke : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (232 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in African Development
Routledge studies in African development.
Contents Part 1: The persistence of violence -- Gender and the political economy of violence -- The gendered history of persistent violence -- Part 2: Violence in production and social reproduction -- Gender and the use of force in production -- Violence in biological and social reproduction -- The construction of lives in armed conflict -- Part 3: Social movements and social justice -- Social movements and the struggle for social justice
Summary Violence affects the economy of production and the ecology of reproduction- the production of economic goods and services and the generational reproduction of workers, the regeneration of the capacity to work and maintenance of workers on a daily basis, and the renewal of culture and society through community relations and the education of children Gender and the Political Economy of Conflict in Africa explores the persistence of violence in conflict zones in Africa using a political economy framework. This framework employs an analysis of violence on both edges of the spectrum-a macro-economic analysis of violence against workers and a micro-political analysis of the violence in women's reproductive lives. These analyses come together to create a new explanation of why violence persists, a new political economy of violence against women, and a new theoretical understanding of the relation between production and reproduction. Three case studies are discussed: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (violence in an era of conflict), Sierra Leone (violence post-conflict), and Tanzania (which has not seen armed conflict on the mainland)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women -- Violence against -- Africa
Women and war -- Africa
Violence -- Social aspects -- Africa
Violence -- Economic aspects -- Africa
Rape as a weapon of war -- Africa
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Rape as a weapon of war
Violence -- Economic aspects
Violence -- Social aspects
Women and war
Women -- Violence against
Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317636540
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9781317636557
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9781317636533
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