Women in War: The Micro-Processes Of Mobilization In El Salvador (Oxford Studies In Culture And Politics) - Softcover

Viterna, Jocelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199843651 ISBN 13: 9780199843657

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

an important contribution to the study of gender, violence, and political mobilization ... Highly recommended. (CHOICE)

Women in War is exemplary scholarship, full of the type of novel observations that come only from extensive time in the field and years of poring over data. It will undoubtedly set the agenda for some time to come, for research into women's participation in resistance movements and its consequences. (David Smilde, Social Forces)

About the Author:

Jocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199843651
• ISBN 13: 9780199843657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304