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Author Murray, Suellen.

Title More than refuge : changing responses to domestic violence / Suellen Murray
Published Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2002

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Description x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
regular print
Series Contemporary issues
Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Contemporary issues (Crawley, W.A.)
Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Contents Introduction: Making the personal political -- 1. From protection to empowerment: A background to feminist politics -- 2. Establishing a feminist refuge: Nardine as a 1970s response to domestic violence -- 3. Feminism in action: Philosophy and practice at Nardine -- 4. Making sense of domestic violence: History, discourse and lived experience -- 5. Breaking the silence: Responses to domestic violence in the 1980s -- 6. A police station, a post office and a women's refuge: Responses to domestic violence in the 1990s -- Conclusion: Doing themselves out of a job?
Summary "Women's refuges in the 1970s were lonely voices speaking out about violence in the home. They provided crisis accommodation, and refuge staff worked with women to empower them to take control of their lives. But refuges did more than deliver these important services: they worked to politicize domestic violence. Politicians and bureaucrats began to take notice from the 1980s and, over time, service responses have improved. Significantly, too, women's tolerance of violence has decreased." "In More than Refuge, Suellen Murray traces these changing responses to domestic violence, using Nardine Women's Refuge in Western Australia as a case study. She also reminds us that domestic violence flourishes within an environment of unequal gender power relationships and that, for this reason, its elimination will take more than a refuge."--Book jacket
Analysis Domestic violence
Refuges
Feminism
Western Australia
Case studies
Domestic violence & welfare (Australia )
Women's shelters - Australia - Western Australia - Case studies
Women - Services for - Australia - Western Australia
Family violence - Australia - Western Australia
Women's shelters - Australia - Western Australia
Nardine Women's Refuge (W.A)
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 187-213
Subject Nardine's Women's Refuge (W.A.)
Nardine Women's Refuge (W.A)
Abused women -- Services for -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies.
Family violence -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Women -- Services for -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Case studies
Case studies.
LC no. 2002489332
ISBN 1876268832 paperback