Library Logo
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Poverty, battered women, and work in U.S. public policy [electronic resource] /

by Brush, Lisa Diane.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Interpersonal violence: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (viii, 197 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199897483 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Abused women -- United States | Man-woman relationships -- United States | Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United StatesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text presents findings from research on the intersection of poverty and men's coercive control of their wives and girlfriends. It articulates a progressive feminist human rights-based alternative to the conventional contention that policy should respond to poverty and abuse by reforming women's character through employment.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Add tag(s)
Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

This text presents findings from research on the intersection of poverty and men's coercive control of their wives and girlfriends. It articulates a progressive feminist human rights-based alternative to the conventional contention that policy should respond to poverty and abuse by reforming women's character through employment.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.
Last Updated on September 15, 2019
© Dhaka University Library. All Rights Reserved|Staff Login