Becoming Visible

Women and Conflicts in the Quebec Metropolitan Areas, 1965-2000

Bibliographic Data

ID10859306
AuthorsCatherine Trudelle (0000-0002-3906-439X, Centre de recherche en amenagement et développement (CRAD), Laval University, 1638 Pav FAS, Quebec City, Quebec, GIK 7P4, Canada, corresponding author), Paul Villeneuve (Centre de recherche en amenagement et développement (CRAD), Laval University, 1638 Pav FAS, Quebec City, Quebec, GIK 7P4, Canada), Martine Thériault (0000-0001-8039-9186, Université Laval), Marius Thériault (Centre de recherche en amenagement et développement (CRAD), Laval University, 1638 Pav FAS, Quebec City, Quebec, GIK 7P4, Canada, ,ca), Mathieu Pelletier (Centre de recherche en amenagement et développement (CRAD), Laval University, 1638 Pav FAS, Quebec City, Quebec, GIK 7P4, Canad. Mathieu. Pelletier@crad. ulaval. ca)
Year2006
Volume43
Issue12
Pages2183-2203
Publication date2006-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/00420980600936533
OpenAlexW2125241394
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited29

Since the 1960s, urban conflicts have tended to gain prominence in most cities of advanced economies. During the same period, women have also gained prominence in urban public life, including conflict activity. Have their roles in these conflicts had possible humanising effects on urban life? More than 2000 conflicts are analysed, hypothesising that characteristics of conflicts influence the probability of women participating in them. It is found that this probability is much higher when actors come from civil society rather than from the state or the private sector and when conflicts deal with social issues rather than economic or, surprisingly, environmental issues. It is also found that this probability diminishes with time, indicating increasing institutionalisation and diversification of women's roles in urban public life

Business · Civil society · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Institutionalisation · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public life · Social conflict · Social life · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Canadian Identity and History · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Social Sciences and Governance

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