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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345136403321

Autore

Finlay Barbara

Titolo

George W. Bush and the war on women : turning back the clock on women's progress / / Barbara Finlay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2006

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22034-5

1-281-21579-1

1-84813-099-6

9786611215798

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

305.420973/090511

Soggetti

Women - Government policy - United States

Women - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

Anti-feminism - United States

Conservatism - United States

Gender studies: women

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

George W. Bush's Radical American Revolution -- In the China Shop: Closing Agencies, Eliminating Initiatives, Changing Procedures -- Power Through Appointments: Rewarding Ideologues and Friends -- Managing Information: Erasures, Manipulation, Outright Lies -- Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, and Abstinence: Limiting Women's Freedoms -- Restricting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe: Threatening Women's Lives to Please the Right -- Bush vs. Women of the World: Are Women's Rights Human Rights? -- Stacking the Deck Against Women: Bush and the Courts -- Weakening Support for Women's Education and Health -- Bush Economic and Budget Priorities: How They Hurt Women -- The Real Bush Revealed: Lessons from Katrina -- Bush Wars and Militarism: Heavy Burdens for Women -- Conclusions: Where do we go from here?



Sommario/riassunto

"This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed women's progress over the past three decades. While the media has focused on his opposition to abortion. Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programmes that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations."--Jacket.