VAW Policy Regimes in Italy: An Analysis Across Regional Governments and Women’s Centres

The paper analyses the consequences of bureaucratisation processes in the context of violence against women (VAW) policies in Italy. Specifically, the paper proposes an analysis of VAW policies in three Regions (namely, Emilia-Romagna, Apulia, and Lombardy), with the aim to study anti-violence centr...

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Main Authors: Angela M. Toffanin, Marta Pietrobelli, Anna Gadda, Maura Misiti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Studies and Research Mediterranean Knowledge 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge
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Online Access:http://www.mediterraneanknowledge.org/publications/index.php/journal/article/view/178
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Summary:The paper analyses the consequences of bureaucratisation processes in the context of violence against women (VAW) policies in Italy. Specifically, the paper proposes an analysis of VAW policies in three Regions (namely, Emilia-Romagna, Apulia, and Lombardy), with the aim to study anti-violence centre (AVC)’s activists and workers’ representations of VAW policies in their daily practices. We will focus on the regulation processes of the selected regional administrations, while trying to answer the following questions: to what extent have policies that originated from feminist movement(s)activities and practices ended up in very strict bureaucratisation processes? What are bureaucratisation processes consequences on the activities and practices of AVCs, from the perspectives of the centres’ activists and workers?
ISSN:2499-930X