• Chapter 1: From Domestic Violence to War Crimes: The Political Economy of Violence Against Women


• Chapter 2: What Has Poverty Got to Do With It? Feminist Frameworks for Analyzing Violence Against Women


• Chapter 3: Losing Entitlement, Regaining Control: Masculinities and Competitive Globalization


• Chapter 4: Crossing Borders to Make Ends Meet: Sex Trafficking, the Maid Trade, and Other Gendered Forms of Labor Exploitation


• Chapter 5: New Spaces of Gender Violence: Economic Transition and Trade


• Chapter 6: Boom, Bust and Beating: International Financial Institutions, Crises, and Violence against Women


• Chapter 7: Old and New Tactics of War: Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict


• Chapter 8: Rebuilding With or Without Women? Gendered Violence in Post-Conflict Peace and Reconstruction


• Chapter 9: Who Suffers Most? Gendered Violence in Natural Disasters and their Aftermath


• Chapter 10: Researching Violence Against Women: The Point is to Change it

Jacqui True is Professor of Politics and international Relations at Monash University

Violence against women is a major problem in all countries, affecting women in every socio-economic group and at every life stage. Yet, when women enjoy good social and economic status they are less vulnerable to violence across all societies. This book develops a political economy approach to understanding violence against women - from the household to the transnational level - accounting for its globally increasing scale and brutality.