War, women, and power : from violence to mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina / Marie E. Berry.

• Ch. 1. From violence to mobilization : war, women, and power. -- Women and war -- Transformative power of war -- Understanding formal and everyday politics -- Argument -- Research design : a historical-institutionalist approach -- Data and methodology -- On the "politics of naming" and the genocide debate -- The structure of the book. -- ch. 2. Historical roots of mass violence in Rwanda. -- Gender in the colonial period : 1895-1962 -- The changing status of women during revolution and the post-colonial period -- Origins of the RPF -- War begins -- "Democratization" -- Genocide begins, civil war continues -- National trends in genocidal violence -- Regional variation -- A tentative peace : RPF victory -- Conclusion. -- ch. 3. War and structural shifts in Rwanda. -- Demographic shifts -- Economic shifts -- Cultural shifts -- Conclusion. -- ch. 4. Women's political mobilization in Rwanda. -- A "politics of practice" : everyday politics -- New activities through civil society organizations -- Formal politics -- Conclusion. -- ch. 5. Historical roots of mass violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- Women in the interwar period and the first Yugoslavia -- World War II -- Tito's Yugoslavia -- Build up to the war -- War begins -- Sexualized violence -- War comes to an end. -- ch. 6. War and structural shifts in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- Demographic shifts -- Economic shifts -- Cultural shifts -- Conclusion. -- ch. 7. Women's political mobilization in Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- A "politics of practice" : everyday politics -- New activities through civil society organizations -- Resistance and defiance : bridging informal and formal politics -- Formal political participation -- Conclusion. -- ch. 8. Limits of mobilization. -- The political settlement -- Revitalization of patriarchy -- Conclusion. -- ch. 9. Conclusion. -- Limitations -- Theoretical contributions -- An absence of war, still far from peace. 

• Rwanda and Bosnia both experienced mass violence in the early 1990s. Less than ten years later, Rwandans surprisingly elected the world's highest level of women to parliament. In Bosnia, women launched thousands of community organizations that became spaces for informal political participation. The political mobilization of women in both countries complicates the popular image of women as merely the victims and spoils of war. Through a close examination of these cases, Marie E. Berry unpacks the puzzling relationship between war and women's political mobilization. Drawing from over 260 interviews with women in both countries, she argues that war can reconfigure gendered power relations by precipitating demographic, economic, and cultural shifts. In the aftermath, however, many of the gains women made were set back. This book offers an entirely new view of women and war and includes concrete suggestions for policy makers, development organizations, and activists supporting women's rights.--Publisher's summary. 

Ämnesord

Kvinnor och krig  (sao)

Samhällsförändring  (sao)

Inbördeskriget i Rwanda 1994  (sao)

Kriget i Jugoslavien 1991-1995  (sao)

Social change  -- Bosnia and Herzegovina. (LCSH)

Social change  -- Rwanda. (LCSH)

Women  -- Political activity -- Bosnia and Herzegovina. (LCSH)

Women  -- Political activity -- Rwanda. (LCSH)

Women and war  -- Bosnia and Herzegovina. (LCSH)

Women and war  -- Rwanda. (LCSH)

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995  -- Bosnia and Herzegovina. (LCSH)

Politiskt deltagande  -- genusaspekter (sao)

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995  (LCSH)

Social change  (LCSH)

Women and war  (LCSH)

Bosnien och Hercegovina  (sao)

Rwanda  -- History -- Civil War, 1990-1993. (LCSH)

Rwanda  -- History -- Civil War, 1994. (LCSH)

Rwanda 

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