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Corporate violence against canadian women: Assessing left-realist research and policy

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Canadian researchers, especially feminists, have shown, that male violence against women in both intimate relationships and public places is a significant social problem. Compared to the amount of rigorous work done on this important issue, an equally if not more serious problem for women—corporateviolence—has been given little empirical, theoretical, and political attention The primary purpose of this paper is to articulate how, some left realist survey techniques and policy proposals can contribute to the study, prevention, and control of corporate violence against Canadian women in the industrial workplace. The authors conclude this article by pointing to a few pitfalls of realism which must be add ressed before it can be effectively applied in the Canadian context.

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    Walter S. DeKeseredy

  2. University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

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DeKeseredy, W.S., Goff, C. Corporate violence against canadian women: Assessing left-realist research and policy. The Journal of Human Justice 4, 55–70 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02619282

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