CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Fegerl, Sophie |
|---|---|
| Title | Prevailing Sexism and Misogyny: A Study of Austrias Laws and Policies to Combat Violence Against Women |
| Summary | 380 women have been killed in Austria since 2010, besides being the first country in Europe to adopt a law to combat violence against women in 1997. This thesis will examine the Austrian policy implementation failure and the reasons behind the high number of feminicides. Therefore, a single embedded case study will be conducted with five indicators, to measure how informal institutions like sexism and misogyny determine Austria’s policy implementation. It is found that they are deeply embedded in institutions and the society as a whole, which determines flaws in the law, a lack of training for officials, a low budget together with poor practices in the police and judiciary, resulting in the high feminicide numbers. |
| Supervisor | Andrea Krizsan |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/fegerl_sophie.pdf |
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