Note publique d'information : Présentation de l'éditeur : "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."
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