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Author Adelman, Madelaine, author

Title Battering states : the politics of domestic violence in Israel / Madelaine Adelman
Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2017

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Contents The politics of domestic violence -- Moving from personal trouble to social problem -- The domestic politics of just leaving -- States of insecurity -- A political economy of domestic violence -- Reframing domestic violence and the state
Summary "Battering States explores the most personal part of people's lives as they intersect with a uniquely complex state system. The book examines how statecraft shapes domestic violence: how a state defines itself and determines what counts as a family; how a state establishes sovereignty and defends its borders; and how a state organizes its legal system and forges its economy. The ethnography includes stories from people, places, and perspectives not commonly incorporated in domestic violence studies, and, in doing so, reveals the transformation of intimate partner violence from a predictable form of marital trouble to a publicly recognized social problem. The politics of domestic violence create novel entry points to understanding how, although women may be vulnerable to gender-based violence, they do not necessarily share the same kind of belonging to the state. This means that markers of identity and power, such as gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion and religiosity, and socio-economic and geographic location, matter when it comes to safety and pathways to justice. The study centers on Israel, where a number of factors bring connections between the cultural politics of the state and domestic violence into stark relief: the presence of a contentious multinational and multiethnic population; competing and overlapping sets of religious and civil laws; a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor; and the dominant presence of a security state in people's everyday lives. The exact combination of these factors is unique to Israel, but they are typical of states with a diverse population in a time of globalization. In this way, the example of Israel offers insights wherever the political and personal impinge on one another."-- Provided by publisher
""Battering States examines ethnographically how the presence of a contentious multi-national and multi-ethnic population; competing and overlapping sets of religious and civil family law; a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor; and, the dominant presence of a security state informs the manifestation and regulation of domestic violence"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Family violence -- Israel
Families -- Israel
Sovereignty.
sovereignty.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse.
LAW -- Family Law -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Families
Family violence
Sovereignty
Israel
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016015074
ISBN 9780826521323
0826521320
0826521304
9780826521309