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1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Gender and politics
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Gender and politics.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: abortion, women's movements, and democratic politics / Dorothy McBride Stetson -- State feminism and policy debates on abortion in Austria / Regina Köpl -- The abortion debates in Belgium 1974-1990 / Karen Celis -- Of rights and power: Canada's federal abortion policy 1969-1991 / Melissa Haussman -- Gendering the abortion debate: the French case / Jean C. Robinson -- Abortion debates in Germany / Lynn Kamenitsa -- Women's movements' defence of legal abortion in Great Britain / Dorothy McBride Stetson -- Abortion debates in Ireland: an ongoing issue / Evelyn Mahon -- Debates and controversies on abortion in Italy / Marina Calloni -- Policy-making on abortion: arenas, actors, and arguments in the Netherlands / Joyce Outshoorn -- Gendering abortion debates: state feminism in Spain / Celia Valiente -- US abortion debates 1959-1998: the women's movement holds on / Dorothy McBride Stetson -- Conclusion: comparative abortion politics and the case for state feminism / Dorothy McBride Stetson. |
Summary |
This volume examines the impact of women's movements on the policy making processes determining abortion laws. It comprises the results of a cross-national research project on abortion politics in 11 democratic states between the 1960s and 2000. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Abortion -- Political aspects.
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Abortion -- Political aspects. |
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Abortion. |
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Abortion -- Government policy.
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Abortion -- Government policy. |
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Abortion -- Law and legislation.
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Abortion -- Law and legislation. |
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Feminism -- Government policy.
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Feminism -- Government policy. |
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Feminism. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
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Women and democracy.
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Women and democracy. |
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Women -- Political activity.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Electronic books.
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Feminist theory. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
Added Author |
McBride, Dorothy E.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Abortion politics, women's movements, and the democratic state. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 0199242658 9780199242658 (DLC) 2001036445 (OCoLC)47289320 |
ISBN |
9780191529375 (electronic book) |
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0191529370 (electronic book) |
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9780199242665 |
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0199242666 |
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0199242658 |
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0199242666 (paperback) |
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9780199242658 |
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