| Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State: A Comparative Study of State Feminism Contributor(s): Stetson, Dorothy McBride (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199242666 ISBN-13: 9780199242665 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: 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 pertaining to variations in state feminism and movement success. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Social Science | Abortion & Birth Control - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 363.46 |
| LCCN: 2001036445 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.64" W x 8.9" (1.08 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: 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 pertaining to variations in state feminism and movement success. |