The Politics of Domestic Violence in Israel
The Politics of Domestic Violence in Israel
""Battering States examines ethnographically how the presence of a contentious multi-national and multi-ethnic population; competing and overlapping sets of religious and civil family law; a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor; and, the dominantpresence of a security state informs the manifestation and regulation of domestic violence"--Provided by publisher"-
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Explores the most personal part of people's lives as they intersect with a uniquely complex state system. The book examines how statecraft shapes domestic violence: how a state defines itself and determines what counts as a family; how a state establishes sovereignty and defends its borders; and how a state organises its legal system and forges its economy.
