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Title Abortion politics, women's movements, and the democratic state : a comparative study of state feminism / edited by Dorothy McBride Stetson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Gender and politics
Gender and politics.
Bibliography 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.
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Subject Abortion -- Political aspects.
Abortion -- Political aspects.
Abortion.
Abortion -- Government policy.
Abortion -- Government policy.
Abortion -- Law and legislation.
Abortion -- Law and legislation.
Feminism -- Government policy.
Feminism -- Government policy.
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Feminist theory.
Women and democracy.
Women and democracy.
Women -- Political activity.
Women -- Political activity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Feminism.
Women's movement.
Feminist theory.
Women.
Womyn.
Added Author McBride, Dorothy E.
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)
0191529370 (electronic book)
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0199242666 (paperback)
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