Violence against Women in Politics

Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment. This book provides the first comprehensive account of this phenomenon, exploring how women came to give these experiences a name: violence against women in politics.

Tracing its global emergence as a concept, Mona Lena Krook draws on insights from multiple disciplines--political science, sociology, history, gender studies, economics, linguistics, psychology, and forensic science--to develop a more robust version of this concept to support ongoing activism and inform future scholarly work.

Krook argues that violence against women in politics is not simply a gendered extension of existing definitions of political violence privileging physical aggressions against rivals. Rather, it is a distinct phenomenon involving a broad range of harms to attack and undermine women as political actors, taking physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and semiotic forms.

Incorporating a wide range of country examples, she illustrates what this violence looks like in practice, catalogues emerging solutions around the world, and considers how to document this phenomenon more effectively. Highlighting its implications for democracy, human rights, and gender equality, the book asserts that addressing this issue requires ongoing dialogue and collaboration to ensure women's equal rights to participate--freely and safely--in political life around the globe.

Femeile au facut o incursiune semnificativa in viata politica in ultimii ani, dar in multe parti ale lumii, angajamentul lor sporit a stimulat atacurile, intimidarea si hartuirea. Aceasta carte ofera prima relatare cuprinzatoare a acestui fenomen, explorand modul in care femeile au ajuns sa dea un nume acestor experiente: violenta impotriva femeilor in politica. Urmarind aparitia sa globala ca concept, Mona Lena Krook se bazeaza pe cunostinte din mai multe discipline - stiinte politice, sociologie, istorie, studii de gen, economie, lingvistica, psihologie si stiinta criminalistica - pentru a dezvolta o versiune mai robusta a acestui concept pentru a sustine activismul continuu si pentru a informa viitoarele lucrari stiintifice. Krok sustine ca violenta impotriva femeilor in politica nu este doar extinderea definitiilor existente ale violentei politice care privilegiaza agresiunile fizice impotriva rivalilor.