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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338027303321

Autore

Thomson Jennifer

Titolo

Abortion Law and Political Institutions : Explaining Policy Resistance / / by Jennifer Thomson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-96169-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Collana

Gender and Politics, , 2662-5814

Disciplina

342.41084

Soggetti

Identity politics

Europe—Politics and government

Public policy

Cultural policy

Politics and Gender

European Politics

Public Policy

Cultural Policy and Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Gendering Institutions and Devolution -- 3. Northern Irish Politics and abortion -- 4. The National Institution: Westminster -- 5. Creating the Devolved Institution: the peace process -- 6. The Devolved Institution: power-sharing -- 7. The Devolved Institution: Stormont -- 8. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive study of abortion politics and policy in Northern Ireland. Whilst there is a substantial amount of literature on abortion in Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, there has been scant academic attention paid to the situation in Northern Ireland. Adopting a feminist institutionalist framework, the book illustrates the ways in which abortion has been addressed at both the national institution at Westminster and the devolved institution at Stormont. Covering the period from early peace process in the 1980s to the present day, the text will be of interest to politics scholars, but also sociologists, historians and students of Irish studies. .