From freedom fighters to terrorists women and political violence
Women have participated in political violence throughout history, yet the concept of women as active proponents and perpetrators of political violence and terrorism is not widely accepted. Viewed as being forced by partners, sexually abused or brainwashed, the possibility of political motives is not...
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London
Routledge
2016
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The second sex : women and political violence
- 2. Bringing on the revolution : women and left-wing political violence
- 3. Dupes of men or willing participants? Right-wing women and political violence
- 4. The "wretched of the earth" rebel : women and wars of national liberation
- 5. Tigers, eterras, and republicans : women and ethnonational political violence
- 6. Female suicide bombers : analyzing the aberrant woman's paradox
- 7. Concluding thoughts on women and political violence.