Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. The Women's Movement and the Relations of Ruling 1
5. 2. The Entry Point: Raising the Issue of 'Wife-Battering' 21
6. 3. Translating the Issue to the Purview of the State 36
7. 4. Documents as Organizers 57
8. 5. Discourse as Dilemma 73
9. 6. The Concept of Violence 95
10. 7. Particularizing the General 111
11. 8. Hearing the Issue 133
12. 9. Negotiating the Elements 152
13. 10. Reporting for Action 168
14. 11. Action and Reaction 194
15. 12. Conceptual Practices and the Relations of Ruling 207
16. Notes 221
17. References 241
18. Index 251