Policy and politics
Volume 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-122
Modernising the other: Assessing the ideological underpinnings of the policy discourse on forced marriage in the UK (Article)
Gill A.* ,
Mitra-Kahn T.
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Department of Social Sciences, Southlands College, Roehampton University, United Kingdom
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Institute of Law, Politics and Justice, Keele University, United Kingdom
Abstract
This article critiques the Labour government's conceptualisation of forced marriage (FM) as a cultural problem imported by immigrants. Contrasting the traditions and values of minority communities with the purported liberalism of mainstream British society, has given rise to policy initiatives focusing on victims' right to exit and the tightening of immigration controls, rather than the possibility of finding solutions within minority communities. The gendered nature of the problem, and its connections to other forms of violence against women in both mainstream society and minority communities, has been largely ignored. © The Policy Press, 2012.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857471097&doi=10.1332%2f147084411X581763&partnerID=40&md5=da0a43f60f0d5589ed867b62c0cf5141
DOI: 10.1332/147084411X581763
ISSN: 03055736
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English