Violence against women as the risk for social transformation

Violence against women is social risk, active at three levels: individual, group and global. Global level of risk is risk for social transformation. Theory of P. Bourdieu, and basic concepts: social reproduction, habitus, risk, capital, are used in the paper. Index of violence is generated by seven...

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Main Author: Miletić-Stepanović Vesna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Victimology Society of Serbia and Prometej-Beograd 2005-01-01
Series:Temida
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2005/1450-66370501021M.pdf
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Summary:Violence against women is social risk, active at three levels: individual, group and global. Global level of risk is risk for social transformation. Theory of P. Bourdieu, and basic concepts: social reproduction, habitus, risk, capital, are used in the paper. Index of violence is generated by seven modes of violent behaviors, and four levels of intensity. Analysis steams into two directions: it researches violence against women as social relation, and relations between violence against women and social position.
ISSN:1450-6637