Men's Rights and Feminist Advocacy in Canadian Domestic Violence Policy Arenas

@article{Mann2008MensRA,
  title={Men's Rights and Feminist Advocacy in Canadian Domestic Violence Policy Arenas},
  author={Ruth M. Mann},
  journal={Feminist Criminology},
  year={2008},
  volume={3},
  pages={44 - 75}
}
  • R. M. Mann
  • Published 1 January 2008
  • Political Science, Sociology
  • Feminist Criminology
This article examines government and advocacy group texts on three recent Canadian domestic violence policy moments. Drawing on governance, feminist poststructuralist, and social movement perspectives, it examines men's rights advocates' and feminists' discursive actions and their influence on officials. The research aim is to explore the provisional, intrinsically incomplete, and indeed questionable success, to date, of Canadian anti-domestic violence advocates' strategies and tactics of… 
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