
%0 Journal Article
%T Galtung, Violence, and Gender: The Case for a Peace Studies/Feminism Alliance
%J Peace and change
%D 2006
%A Confortini, Catia C.
%V 31
%N 3
%P 333-367
%X My paper argues for an incorporation of feminist theories into peace theories, by analyzing what is missing by not confronting feminist contributions to a theory on violence. I take Johan Galtung's theory of violence as a point of departure, as a theory that is widely uncontested in peace studies. Galtung's articulation of direct, structural, and cultural violence offers a unified framework within which all violence can be seen. On the other hand, feminism can contribute to and enrich Galtung's theory of violence in four possible ways:<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0149-0508
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0130.2006.00378.x