Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) |
Contents |
Rhetoric and symbols in American abortion politics / Laura R. Woliver -- Constitutionalizing abortion / Kim Lane Scheppele -- Reproductive rights and the struggle with change in Eastern Europe / Marianne Githens -- Abortion policy in the United States and Canada : do institutions matter? / Donley T. Studlar and Raymond Tatalovich -- Abortion policy triads and women's rights in Russia, the United States, and France / Dorothy McBride Stetson -- Abortion and reproductive choice : policy and politics in Japan / Joyce Gelb -- The stability of compromise : abortion politics in Western Europe / Joyce Outshoorn -- Ireland and the European Union : the impact of integration and social change on abortion policy / Brian Girvin -- Confronting the consequences of medical technology : policy frontiers in the United States and France / Jennifer Merchant -- Feminist perspectives on abortion and reproductive technologies / Dorothy McBride Stetson |
Summary |
Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective focuses on current abortion policy and practice in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and aims to provide a comprehensive, stimulating and balanced picture of current abortion policy in a cross-cultural perspective. The contributors deal with comparative abortion policy including recent developments in Ireland, Germany and Eastern Europe |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Abortion -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Medical policy.
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Women's rights.
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Reproductive rights.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Abortion, Legal -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Abortion, Induced -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Health Policy
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Women's Rights
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Reproductive Rights
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Women's rights
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Reproductive rights
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Medical policy
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Cross-cultural studies
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Abortion -- Government policy
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Schwangerschaftsabbruch
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Kulturvergleich
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Abortus provocatus.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Interculturele vergelijking.
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Aborto.
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Direitos politicos da mulher.
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Abortion -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Githens, Marianne
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McBride, Dorothy E
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ISBN |
9781136660153 |
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1136660151 |
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1299977405 |
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9781299977402 |
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