| Regulating Women: Policymaking and Practice in the UK Contributor(s): Cooper, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783481846 ISBN-13: 9781783481842 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $174.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - Political Science | Women In Politics |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 2015033053 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A number of women's issues serve to create novel policy problems that require creative, and sometimes unique, regulatory and legal responses. This book embarks upon a comparative case study approach to explore UK policymaking in the areas of abortion, rape, prostitution and pornography in turn. Each chapter engages a different institutional perspective to explore the influence of a range of bodies such as the legal system, medical profession, civil society, police force and mass media. The analysis reveals a common thread that runs throughout decision-making in these areas; a constant balancing act between regulation that purports to protect women, and regulation that supposedly reflects female liberation, with a continual dance between the labels of 'criminal' and 'victim' being performed by policy actors. Largely reflective of a dogmatic approach to the status of women, it is argued that different institutions retain strongholds over policymaking in these domains, prohibiting a joined-up approach. This has served to perpetuate harmful and negative stereotyping of women's issues and create countless conundrums when the activities of women fall into more than one policy category. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Sarah: - Sarah Cooper is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter. |
