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Autore: |
Cooper Sarah Geraldine Louise
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Titolo: |
Regulating women : policymaking and practice in the UK / / Sarah Cooper
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Women - Government policy - Great Britain |
Women's rights - Great Britain | |
Women - Great Britain - Social conditions | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Analysing the Status of Women in UK Policymaking: How Do Institutions Matter?; 2 Hanging on to the Old: Path Dependency in UK Abortion Regulation; 3 Balancing Protection and Prosecution: The Rationality of UK Prostitution Legislation; 4 Demanding a 'Proper Victim': The Culture of Rape Policy in the UK; 5 Welcoming Public Debate: Developing the Regulation of Pornography through Open Discussion; 6 Conclusion: Harmful Stereotyping and Institutional Stronghold in the Regulation of Women's Issues; Bibliography; Index |
1.1. Institutional Legacies and Policymaking1.2. Addressing the Theoretical Core: Comparing Apples and Oranges?; 1.3. Operationalizing the Multi-Variant Approach; 1.4. Structure of the Book; Note; 2.1. A Brief History: Crimes Against the Unborn 1200-1900; 2.2. The 1967 Abortion Act; 2.3. A Healthcare Treatment or Criminal Act?; 2.4. Historical Barriers: Evidence-Based Policymaking and the Abortion Pill; 2.5. The European Capital for Abortion; 2.6. Conclusion; 3.1. The Law on Prostitution: From 'Street Offences' to 'Sexual Offences'; 3.2. The Policing and Crime Act 2009 | |
3.3. A Public Nuisance or a Question of Labour Rights?3.4. Political Self-Interest and Future Regulation: The Case of the Bradford Murders; 3.5. Deriving Inspiration from Overseas: Neo-Abolitionism in Europe; 3.6. Conclusion; 4.1. Rape at Common Law: The Woman on Trial; 4.2. The Sexual Offences Act 2003; 4.3. A Probable Criminal or a Likely Victim?; 4.4. Normative Order: The Fear of Coming Forward and Marital Rape; 4.5. Reaching International Standards of Regulation across the EU; 4.5. Conclusion; 5.1. Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Pornography; 5.2. Cameron's Crackdown | |
5.3. Who Needs Protecting?5.4. Altering the Dominant Discourse: Linking Violent Crime and Pornography; 5.5. Supranational Law and the Open Internet; 5.6. Conclusion; 6.1. Shedding Light on the 'Black Box'; 6.2. Benefitting from a Multi-Variant Approach; 6.3. Dispelling the Myths: Lessons for Practitioners and Towards a Gendered Lens | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Draws together comparative policy analysis related to prominent women's issues in the UK, exploring their construction and management through the conceptual lenses of new institutionalism. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Regulating women ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-78348-186-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822715303321 |
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