Gender and Violence against Political Actors - Hardcover

by Elin Bjarnegård (Editor)

There has been an increase in testimonies from women politicians who have been targets of violence and from survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. The editors and contributors to of Gender and Violence against Political Actors seek to understand how gender influences both physical and psychological forms of violence and how sexual violence affects both men and women.
Chapters focus on theoretical approaches demonstrating how different disciplinary starting points-e.g., politics, violence and gender-give rise to different lenses. Essays examine violence carried out during conflict and peacetime, and relate to the continuum of violence-physical, sexual, psychological, and online. In addition, six country case studies reveal how different types of political actors have been targets of violence.

Author Biography

Elin Bjarnegård is Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Lecturer in Development Studies in the Department of Government at Uppsala University in Sweden. She is the author of Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment: Explaining Male Dominance in Parliamentary Representation.
Pär Zetterberg is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government at Uppsala University in Sweden. He is the coeditor of Gender Quotas and Women's Representation: New Directions in Research.