Ethnographic study of domestic violence in Ghana
(2019) SOLM02 20191Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the problem of domestic violence in Ghana from a socio-legal perspective. It investigates the tensions that arise from the application of customary and state law in order to understand why domestic violence, persist and continues being prevalent in communities in Ghana. It draws on living law theory. Based on a multi-sited research qualitative design, interviews were conducted with 15 women in 5 communities and 5 local and national authorities in the Ashanti region. My results reveal the complexities between customary and state law and how these are negotiated by married women in their daily lives. This thesis argues that domestic violence in Ghana is a problem that persists and needs to be tackled by taking into... (More)
- This thesis explores the problem of domestic violence in Ghana from a socio-legal perspective. It investigates the tensions that arise from the application of customary and state law in order to understand why domestic violence, persist and continues being prevalent in communities in Ghana. It draws on living law theory. Based on a multi-sited research qualitative design, interviews were conducted with 15 women in 5 communities and 5 local and national authorities in the Ashanti region. My results reveal the complexities between customary and state law and how these are negotiated by married women in their daily lives. This thesis argues that domestic violence in Ghana is a problem that persists and needs to be tackled by taking into account the specific socio-legal context. (Less)
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- author
- Ofosu-Budu, Bridget Naana LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOLM02 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 8984949
- date added to LUP
- 2019-06-27 09:19:12
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abstract = {{This thesis explores the problem of domestic violence in Ghana from a socio-legal perspective. It investigates the tensions that arise from the application of customary and state law in order to understand why domestic violence, persist and continues being prevalent in communities in Ghana. It draws on living law theory. Based on a multi-sited research qualitative design, interviews were conducted with 15 women in 5 communities and 5 local and national authorities in the Ashanti region. My results reveal the complexities between customary and state law and how these are negotiated by married women in their daily lives. This thesis argues that domestic violence in Ghana is a problem that persists and needs to be tackled by taking into account the specific socio-legal context.}},
author = {{Ofosu-Budu, Bridget Naana}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ethnographic study of domestic violence in Ghana}},
year = {{2019}},
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