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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. It sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional structures that underlie responses to GBV in elsewhere in Europe, in the US, and in Australia, and consider the implications of implementing related policy and practice.
Trade Review“This book certainly fills a gap, is very topical and brings together thinking and practice in an under researched yet increasingly debated area.” Jane Ellis, Anglia Ruskin University
Table of ContentsIntroduction: some reflections in these promising and challenging times ~ Sundari Anitha and Ruth Lewis; SECTION I – The problem; A continuum of acceptability: understanding young people’s views on gender based violence ~ Vanita Sundaram; ‘Lad culture’ and sexual violence against students ~ Alison Phipps; SECTION 2 - Histories and politics of educational interventions against gender based violence in international contexts; Sexual violence on US college campuses: history and challenges ~ Renate Klein; Grounds for concern: an Australian perspective on responses to sexual assault and harassment in university settings ~ Andrea Durbach and Rosemary Grey; Preventing gender based violence in UK universities: the policy context ~ Anni Donaldson, Melanie McCarry, Aimee McCullough; SECTION 3 - Challenges and interventions in the UK; Student feminist activism to challenge gender based violence ~ Ruth Lewis and Susan Marine; Using the law to challenge gender based violence in university communities ~ Louise Whitfield; The Intervention Initiative: theoretical underpinnings, development and implementation ~ Rachel A. Fenton and Helen L. Mott; Understanding student responses to gender based violence on campus: negotiation, reinscription and resistance~ Ana Jordan, Sundari Anitha, Jill Jameson and Zowie Davy; Tackling gender based violence in university communities: a practitioner perspective ~ Ellie Hutchinson; Conclusion: setting the agenda for challenging gender based violence in universities ~ Ruth Lewis and Sundari Anitha.
