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Subject(s)

• Abused women—Islands of the Pacific [Browse]
• Family violence—Islands of the Pacific [Browse]
• Women—Violence against—Islands of the Pacific [Browse]
• Feminism—Islands of the Pacific [Browse]
• Women's rights—Islands of the Pacific [Browse]

Series

• Studies in feminist institutionalism. [More in this series]
• Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

For decades, activists have drawn attention to gender violence across the Pacific Islands & successfully argued for improved state responses. While reforms have been institutionalised in law & government policy, ongoing violence shows that these have limited effectiveness. In this book, Nicole George investigates how gender violence is regulated in Pacific Island countries, the factors that impede regulatory effectiveness, & women's own efforts & expertise in decreasing gender violence. Incorporating comparative fieldwork in Fiji, Bougainville, & within Kanak communities in New Caledonia, George assesses how gender violence is enabled & constrained by regulations created within & beyond the state. Importantly, the book engages directly with the women affected by systems of gendered regulation to understand how they interpret & navigate the regulatory complex that impacts their security.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 6, 2025).

Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acronyms
• 1 Logics of Rulemaking and Rule Taking on Gender and Gender Violence
• 2 Situating Gendered Rulemaking and Rule Taking: Concepts and Contexts
• 3 Regulating Gender Violence Within and Beyond the State: Law, Policing, and Policy Frameworks
• 4 Unwritten Rules: Norms and Rule Taking Practice on Gender and Gender Violence
• 5 Discourse and Rule Taking: Persuasive Rules on Gender and Gender Violence
• 6 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities: Regulating Gender and Violence in Family Life
• 7 Spending, Earning, and Sharing: Regulating Gender and Economic Participation
• 8 To Speak and Be Heard: Regulating Gender, Violence, and Decision-Making Authority
• 9 The Power of Rule Taking
• 10. Rule taking, Regulatory Ecologies and Gendered Geometries of Power in a Global Frame
• Notes
• References
• Index.

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ISBN

• 0-19-780737-2
• 0-19-780738-0
• 0-19-780736-4

OCLC

1513084590

Doi

10.1093/oso/9780197807354.001.0001

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