Sexualities
Personal lives and social policy
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-86134-518-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sexualities: Personal Lives and Social Policy explores the choices that we make about our sexuality and how these can transform our personal lives. It analyses how social policy informs and responds to such choices through an examination of normative assumptions about sexuality and its role in forming, regulating and constituting welfare subjects, discourses, theories, provisions and practices.
Drawing upon a number of analytical tools and theoretical perspectives, the authors illustrate that sexuality is simultaneously central and marginal to the concerns of social policy. They place particular emphasis on social policy as a site of regulation that restricts and constrains our personal lives, but also highlight how social policy might be used as an instrument of positive change.
Drawing upon a number of analytical tools and theoretical perspectives, the authors illustrate that sexuality is simultaneously central and marginal to the concerns of social policy. They place particular emphasis on social policy as a site of regulation that restricts and constrains our personal lives, but also highlight how social policy might be used as an instrument of positive change.
Reviews / Votes
"... an excellent resource with up-to-date facts, good links and resources, and very helpful key word summaries, aims and objectives for the student. This text is highly commended, both for courses on social policy and those dealing with the sociology of sexuality more broadly." Sexualities "... an enlightening review of how social policies influence everday lives, even in the privacy of one's bedroom." The Review of Disability Studies "This invaluable book explores the normative framework which strives to police the personal, whilst showing the vital ways in which the transformation of the intimate sphere reflect back on the making of social policy. Highly recommended." Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Sociology and Executive Dean of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank UniversityMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 189 mm
Width: 246 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-518-9 (9781861345189)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr Jean Carabine is Lecturer in Social Policy at The Open University. She is editor of the journal, Critical Social Policy, and has written extensively on the intersection between discourses of sexuality and social policy.
Content
Introduction;
Personal lives;
Defining sexuality;
From personal lives to public policies;
Sexuality and social policy;
Centring sexuality and personal lives in social policy analyses;
Conclusion;
Further resources;
References.
Personal lives;
Defining sexuality;
From personal lives to public policies;
Sexuality and social policy;
Centring sexuality and personal lives in social policy analyses;
Conclusion;
Further resources;
References.