Book Chapter

The violently gender-equal Nordic welfare states

Abstract

This primarily conceptual chapter interrogates violence and gender equality, and the relationship between these, in the Nordic welfare states. It discusses what violence is and asks what happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question of the analysis. It builds on previous collaborative work and contributes to the debate on gender power relations in the Nordic countries by conceptualising violence as an organising principle, and simultaneously placing violence at the centre of gender relations and as a relatively independent domain. It shows how the ‘violently gender-equal’ Nordic welfare states can be understood beyond the ‘Nordic paradox’.

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Authors

Strid, Sofia
Humbert, Anne Laure
Hearn, Jeff

Oxford Brookes departments

Oxford Brookes Business School

Dates

Year of publication: 2023
Date of RADAR deposit: 2024-02-22

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