Regulating women : policymaking and practice in the UK

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    • Cooper, Sarah Geraldine Louise

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Regulating women : policymaking and practice in the UK

Sarah Cooper

Rowman & Littlefield International, c2016

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-195) and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

Acknowledgements / List of Abbreviations / 1. Analysing the Status of Women in UK Policymaking: How Do Institutions Matter? / 2. Hanging onto 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

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