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Forced Marriage and 'Honour' Killings in Britain

Christina Julios
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      This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of increasing 'honour'-based violence within the country's South Asian and Muslim Diasporas, the book traces the development of the 'honour' question over the past two decades. It accordingly witnesses unprecedented changes in public awareness and government policy including ground-breaking 'honour'-specific legislation and the criminalisation of forced marriage. All of which makes Britain an important context for the study of this now indigenous and self-perpetuating social problem. In considering the scale of the challenge and its underlying causes, attention is paid to the intersections of gendered power structures that disadvantage female members of 'honour' cultures as well as feminist theories that seek to explain them. The book features five key case-studies of 'honour' killings and draws from a wide range of narratives including those of 'honour' violence survivors, grassroots service providers and legislators. Such myriad of perspectives reveals the complexity of the 'honour' issue and the deep ideological divisions that characterise it. With the UK's multiculturalist discourse unable to reconcile protecting patriarchal minority cultures with safeguarding gender equality and human rights, the book raises fundamental questions about the country's future direction. Following a long trend of state-sponsored integrationist policies, the government's response to the 'honour' question points decisively in the direction of a post-multicultural British nation.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Christina Julios EAN: 9780367598464 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 340 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-06-30 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic studies, Social work, Crime and criminology, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration, Public procurement, services and supplies, Social law and Medical law

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      Christina Julios is Associate Lecturer at The Open University, UK and Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Domestic Violence External Consultation Group; Census Diversity Advisory Group; the Department for Work and Pensions Ethnic Minority Working Party; HM Revenue and Customs’ Voluntary and Community Sector Steering Group; Women’s Resource Centre Policy Forum; and the Crown Prosecution Service’s Race Equality Board.
      This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of increasing 'honour'-based violence within the country's South Asian and Muslim Diasporas, the book traces the development of the 'honour' question over the past two decades. It accordingly witnesses unprecedented changes in public awareness and government policy including ground-breaking 'honour'-specific legislation and the criminalisation of forced marriage. All of which makes Britain an important context for the study of this now indigenous and self-perpetuating social problem. In considering the scale of the challenge and its underlying causes, attention is paid to the intersections of gendered power structures that disadvantage female members of 'honour' cultures as well as feminist theories that seek to explain them. The book features five key case-studies of 'honour' killings and draws from a wide range of narratives including those of 'honour' violence survivors, grassroots service providers and legislators. Such myriad of perspectives reveals the complexity of the 'honour' issue and the deep ideological divisions that characterise it. With the UK's multiculturalist discourse unable to reconcile protecting patriarchal minority cultures with safeguarding gender equality and human rights, the book raises fundamental questions about the country's future direction. Following a long trend of state-sponsored integrationist policies, the government's response to the 'honour' question points decisively in the direction of a post-multicultural British nation.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Christina Julios EAN: 9780367598464 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 340 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-06-30 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic studies, Social work, Crime and criminology, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration, Public procurement, services and supplies, Social law and Medical law

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      Christina Julios is Associate Lecturer at The Open University, UK and Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Domestic Violence External Consultation Group; Census Diversity Advisory Group; the Department for Work and Pensions Ethnic Minority Working Party; HM Revenue and Customs’ Voluntary and Community Sector Steering Group; Women’s Resource Centre Policy Forum; and the Crown Prosecution Service’s Race Equality Board.

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