Women in War

Jocelyn Viterna, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Studies, Harvard UniversityJocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.

出版者:OUP USA

作者:Jocelyn Viterna

页数:304

出版时间:2013-11-28

价格:GBP 79.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780199843633

丛书系列:Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics

图书标签:比较政治社会运动比较政治学政治学拉美研究学术PV

In the past several decades, women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla insurgents? What experiences do they have in guerrilla armies? And what happens to these women when the fighting ends? Women in War answers these questions while providing a rare look at guerrilla life from the viewpoint of rank-and-file participants. From 230 in-depth interviews with men and women guerrillas, guerrilla supporters, and non-participants in El Salvador, Jocelyn Viterna investigates why some women were able to channel their wartime actions into post-war gains, and how those patterns differ from the benefits that accrued to men. Through this analysis, Viterna develops a new model for investigating the causes, patterns, and consequences of individual-level variations in activism. Women in War also demonstrates how an investigation of these micro-level mobilization processes can in turn extend our understanding of how social movements begin, why they endure, and whether they change the societies they target.