Anitha, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-6918-3680, Jordan, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-0459 and Chanamuto, N. orcid.org/0000-0001-9698-0768 (2024) The politics of naming and construction: university policies on gender-based violence in the UK. Gender and Education, 36 (1). pp. 86-103. ISSN 0954-0253
Abstract
The problematisation of a social phenomenon is a political process that both constructs the problem and, in doing so, suggests possible remedies and occludes others. Based on the first-ever comprehensive analysis of 129 UK university policies to address Gender-based violence (GBV), we examine how the ‘problem' of GBV is conceptualised in institutional policies. We explore three interconnected themes: the nature of the ‘problem’ that is constituted, analysing whether GBV is explicitly acknowledged and constructed narrowly or broadly; the place of gender and its intersection with other social relations of power in this problematisation; and the implicit ways in which GBV is constructed as an individual or a social problem. We also examine the implications of such constructions for imagining possible responses to GBV. In doing so, this article contributes to academic debates on the conceptualisation of GBV, while offering original insights into how such conceptualisations are materialised within institutional policy and regulatory frameworks.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | Gender-based violence; sexual violence; policy analysis; higher education; lad cultures |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2024 11:48 |
Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2024 11:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2023.2256759 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09540253.2023.2256759 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:208738 |
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