TY  - SER
AU  - Htun, Mala
AU  - Weldon, S. Laurel
TI  - The civic origins of progressive policy change: combating violence against women in global perspective, 1975–2005
T2  - American Political Science Review
KW  - PREVENTION
KW  - RECOMMENDED READING
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FEMINISM
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - POLICY
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - VIOLENCE
N1  - American Political Science Review, 2012, 106(03): 548 - 569; Recommended reading
N2  - A study of 70 countries over four decades has found that the presence of autonomous feminist social movements in civil society is the most significant factor affecting whether progressive policies on violence against women are implemented. This was more significant than the presence of leftist parties, women in government or economic factors like national wealth. Read more in the news item. 


UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003055412000226
UR  - http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/?q=node/796
ER  -