Who owns domestic abuse? : the local politics of a social problem / / Ruth M. Mann

• Autore: Mann Ruth M (Ruth Marie), <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000; ©2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.420971
• Soggetto topico: Women's shelters - Political aspects - Ontario; Family violence - Government policy - Ontario; Women - Abuse of - Ontario
• Soggetto geografico: Ontario
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- 1 Theoretical and Political Contexts -- 2 The Study, the Community, and 'The Problem' -- 3 Mobilization of Action: Struggles for Control -- 4 Implementation of a Plan of Action: Struggles with Control -- 5 Counselling and Therapeutic Intervenors -- 6 Enforcement, Legal, and Medical Intervenors -- 7 Victims, Perpetrators, and Survivors -- 8 A Researcher's Construction of 'The Problem': Conclusion -- APPENDICES: THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- TABLES: SUMMARIES OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND SURVEY DATA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR INDEX -- A -- B -- C. ; D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Mann details a community effort to establish a shelter for abused women in a small Ontario municipality. She uses personal accounts of abuse to urge activists and intervenors to argue less and listen more.
• Titolo autorizzato: Who owns domestic abuse
• ISBN: 1-4426-3863-X; 1-4426-8340-6; 9786612025945; 1-282-02594-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780535703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II