Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State A Comparative Study of State Feminism

Name: Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State A Comparative Study of State Feminism
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ISBN: 9780199242665

ISBN-10: 0199242666

ISBN-13: 9780199242665

Edition: 2001

Authors: Dorothy McBride Stetson

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Containing the results of a cross-national research project on abortion politics in eleven democratic states (between the 1960s and 2000), this volume marks major progress in abortion research. It develops a comprehensive research design to examine whether or not women's policy agencies (institutional groups intended to improve the status of women) have functioned as necessary and effective allies of women's movements. It explores their efforts to gain access to power arenas and secure abortion laws that coincide with feminist goals. Indeed, these findings constitute a rigorous application of comparative methodology to assess explanations from social movement and democratic theory…

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List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State


Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State


List of Figures


Notes on Contributors



Introduction: Abortion, Women's Movements, and Democratic Politics



State Feminism and Policy Debates on Abortion in Austria



The Abortion Debates in Belgium 1974-1990



Of Rights and Power: Canada's Federal Abortion Policy 1969-1991



Gendering the Abortion Debate: The French Case



Abortion Debates in Germany



Women's Movements' Defence of Legal Abortion in Great Britain



Abortion Debates in Ireland: An Ongoing Issue



Debates and Controversies on Abortion in Italy



Policy-Making on Abortion: Arenas, Actors, and Arguments in the Netherlands



Gendering Abortion Debates: State Feminism in Spain



Us Abortion Debates 1959-1998: The Women's Movement Holds On



Conclusion: Comparative Abortion Politics and the Case for State Feminism