Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
Based on socio-historical research of domestic violence treatment in the cantons of Vaud and Geneva, this article analyses how the co-presence of many actors and approaches has affected the definition of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Switzerland. IPV policies centred on gender and then reframed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Seismo Verlag
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Swiss Journal of Sociology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0011 |
| Summary: | Based on socio-historical research of domestic violence treatment in the cantons of Vaud and Geneva, this article analyses how the co-presence of many actors and approaches has affected the definition of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Switzerland. IPV policies centred on gender and then reframed to define violence as a complex issue. We show what the consequences of framing complexity for policy are. |
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| ISSN: | 2297-8348 |