The battering state: Towards a political economy of domestic violence

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 45-64

  Adelman, Madelaine ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battering; Domestic violence; Familial ideology; Family values; Gender; Globalization; Political economy; Poverty; State; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247671225     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v08n03_03     Document Type: Article

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