When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through
comparative analysis of state action in seventy countries from 1975
to 2005, this book shows how different women's rights issues
involve different histories, trigger different conflicts, and
activate different sets of protagonists. Change on violence against
women and workplace equality involves a logic of status politics:
feminist movements leverage international norms to contest women's
subordination. Family law, abortion, and contraception, which
challenge the historical claim of religious groups to regulate
kinship and reproduction, conform to a logic of doctrinal politics,
which turns on relations between religious groups and the state.
Publicly-paid parental leave and child care follow a logic of class
politics, in which the strength of Left parties and overall
economic conditions are more salient. The book reveals the multiple
and complex pathways to gender justice, illuminating the
opportunities and obstacles to social change for policymakers,
advocates, and others seeking to advance women's rights.
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