Gender and Political Violence Women Changing the Politics of Terrorism /

• Main Authors: Ortbals, Candice D. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Poloni-Staudinger, Lori M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Comparative politics.; Sociology.; Political communication.; Comparative Politics.; Gender Studies.; Political Communication.

This book examines the role of gender in political conflicts worldwide, specifically the intersection between gender and terrorism. Political violence has historically been viewed as a male domain with men considered the perpetrators of violence and power, and women as victims without power. Whereas...