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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : polygyny and the treatment of women / Kristen Renwick Monroe -- The meaning and meanness of polygyny / Rose McDermott -- Making new garments from old cloth : reincorporating clinical and developmental psychology into models of political behavior / Rose McDermott and Peter K. Hatemi -- Polygyny and violence against women / Rose McDermott and Jonathan Cowden -- Attitudes toward polygyny : experimental evidence from six countries / Rose McDermott, Michael Dickerson, Steve Fish, Danielle Lussier, and Jonathan Cowden -- Comment 1 : The Canadian polygamy reference : demonstrating harms to the court / B.J. Wray -- Comment 2 : Polygyny, pastoralism, and violence against women / Robert Jervis -- Comment 3 : The deep structure of collective security : thoughts on McDermott, Smuts and Sanday / Valerie Hudson -- Afterword : the Easton lectures and David Easton's intellectual legacy / Kristen Renwick Monroe. |
| Summary |
"One powerful structural factor which enforces and replicates patterns of male dominance is the practice of polygyny, which is shown by data to be harmful to women, children, men, and society"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Polygyny.
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Polygyny. |
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Male domination (Social structure)
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Male domination (Social structure) |
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Women -- Violence against.
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Women -- Violence against. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
| Indexed Term |
polygamy, women's rights, moral and cultural relativism, psychology. |
| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946- editor.
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Container of (work): Wray, B. J., 1968-
Canadian polygamy reference.
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Container of (work): Jervis, Robert, 1940-2021.
Polygyny, pastoralism, and violence against women.
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Container of (work): Hudson, Valerie M., 1958-
Deep structure of collective security.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McDermott, Rose, 1962- Evils of polygyny. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501718038 (DLC) 2017052531 |
| ISBN |
9781501714849 (electronic book) |
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1501714848 (electronic book) |
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9781501714757 |
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1501714759 |
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9781501718038 |
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