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Feminists Organising Against Gendered Violence

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  1. Lesley McMillan

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 1-15

  3. Violence Against Women and the Feminist Movement

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 16-36

  4. Feminism and the State

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 37-52

  5. Women’s Anti-violence Organisations and the State

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 53-79

  6. Working to End Violence: Staffing the Anti-violence Movement

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 80-103

  7. Funding Feminist Movement Organisations Working Around Violence

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 104-141

  8. Organisation, Structure and Function of the Feminist Movement Working Around Violence

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 142-166

  9. Learning to Listen to Trauma Stories: Doing Research on Violence Against Women

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 167-182

  10. Conclusion

    • Lesley McMillan
    Pages 183-190

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-211
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About this book

McMillan provides the first detailed account of the women's anti-violence movement in Europe, from an international comparative perspective. Exploring how feminists have responded to violence in society, this study also examines how they have organized their response, their achievements and the factors that have facilitated their calls to change.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Lesley McMillan

About the author

LESLEY MCMILLAN is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sussex, UK. Her research and teaching interests include gendered and sexual violence against women, statutory and voluntary responses to gendered violence, women's sexual health, the sociology of trauma and rape, and the criminal justice process.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Feminists Organising Against Gendered Violence

  • Authors: Lesley McMillan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592247

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00772-7Published: 23 October 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28335-4Published: 01 January 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59224-7Published: 23 October 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 211

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Sociology, general

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