Regulating Women - Policymaking and Practice in the UK (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Sarah Cooper
Dimensions:	229 x 151 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-78348-185-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78348-185-4
Barcode:	9781783481859

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