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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Main Authors: Delage Pauline, Roca i Escoda Marta
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Sciendo 2023-03-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0011
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-187eef98d6a9407d9ba8764d98e33ea32023-04-11T17:42:46ZdeuSciendoSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482023-03-0149121523110.2478/sjs-2023-0011Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in SwitzerlandDelage Pauline0Roca i Escoda Marta1CRESPPA-CSU, F-75849ParisISS/SSP, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015LausanneBased 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0011domestic violencesocial problemspolicygender
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Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
Swiss Journal of Sociology
domestic violence
social problems
policy
gender
title Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
title_full Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
title_fullStr Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
title_full_unstemmed Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
title_short Intimate Partner Violence and the Complexity Turn. The Multiple Conceptions of Gender in IPV Policy in Switzerland
title_sort intimate partner violence and the complexity turn the multiple conceptions of gender in ipv policy in switzerland
topic domestic violence
social problems
policy
gender
url https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0011
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