Abortion politics are contentious and divisive in many parts of the
world, but nowhere more so than in Ireland. Abortion and Nation
examines the connection between abortion politics and hegemonic
struggles over national identity and the nation-state in the Irish
Republic. Situating the abortion question in the global context of
human rights politics, as well as international social movements,
Lisa Smyth analyses the formation and transformation of abortion
politics in Ireland from the early 1980s to the present day. She
considers whether or not the shifting connections between morality,
rights and nationhood promise a new era of gender equality in the
context of nation-state citizenship. The book provides a new
sociological framework through which the significance of conflict
over abortion and reproductive freedom is connected to conflict
over national identity. It also offers a distinctive in-depth
consideration of the connection between gender and nationhood,
particularly in terms of its impact on women's status as citizens;
within the nation-state; within the European Union; and as members
of a global civil society.
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