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From domestic violence to war crimes : the political economy of violence against women -- What has poverty got to do with it? : feminist frameworks for analyzing violence against women -- Losing entitlement, regaining control : masculinities and competitive globalization -- Crossing borders to make ends meet : sex trafficking, the maid trade, and other gendered forms of labor exploitation -- New spaces of gender violence : economic transition and trade -- Boom, bust and beating : international financial institutions, crises, and violence against women -- Old and new tactics of war : sexual violence in armed conflict -- Rebuilding with or without women? : gendered violence in post-conflict peace and reconstruction -- Who suffers most? : gendered violence in natural disasters and their aftermath -- Researching violence against women : the point is to change it.

"In [this book, the author] develops a feminist political economy approach to identify the linkage between different forms of violence against women and macro structural processes in strategic local and global sites - from the household to the transnational level. These sites include economic restructuring and men's lack of secure employment, the abusive exploitation of transnational female workers, the growing sex market in free trade zones, the spike in violence against women amidst financial liberalization and crises, sexual violence in armed conflict and post-crisis peacebuilding, and the deleterious gendered impacts of natural disasters. Examples are drawn from South Africa, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, the Pacific Islands, Argentina, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Iceland." (from the publisher's blurb on the back cover). Jacqui True is Professor of Politics and International Relations at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.