ABSTRACT
This book presents a wide range of issues pertaining to conflict and violence in close, personal relationships. It crosses disciplinary and national boundaries by presenting the work of scholars in psychology, family studies, anthropology, women's studies, sociology and legal philosophy who come from Denmark, France, Germany, Britain, Greece, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands to provide a range of geographical, cultural and historical backgrounds.
In association with the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |32 pages
Dyadic dilemmata
chapter |10 pages
Budding happiness
The relational dynamics of the abuse of girls and young women by their boyfriends
part |27 pages
Extended family
chapter |9 pages
The discourse of philotimo and conflict resolution in an urban Greek family
A psychosocial approach
part |34 pages
Cultures and communities
chapter |8 pages
Violence without end?
Some reflections on achievements, contradictions, and perspectives of the feminist movement in Germany
part |20 pages
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