
Producing Reproductive Rights
Determining Abortion Policy Worldwide
Cambridge University Press
Published on 15. August 2019
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-1-108-49316-1 (ISBN)
Description
With events and movements such as #MeToo, the Gender Equality UN Sustainable Development Goal, the Irish and Chilean abortion policy changes, and the worldwide Women's March movement, women's rights are at the top of the global public agenda. Yet, countries around the world continue to debate if and how women should have access to reproductive rights, and specifically abortion. This book provides the most comprehensive comparative review of this topic to date. How are reproductive rights produced? This book analyzes three spheres of influence on abortion policymaking: civil society, national government, and international bodies. It engages scholars as well as undergraduate and graduate students in social sciences, law, gender studies, and development and sustainability studies. With insights into the influence of intergovernmental bodies, international health organizations, state-level political representatives, and religious civil society players, this book will be of interest to policymakers, organizations and individuals concerned with influencing reproductive policy.
Reviews / Votes
'The result is a rich, multilevel, cross-aggregate analysis describing conditions that support abortion rights ... Providing good empirical testing of many theories and suggesting a future research agenda and policy prescriptions, this is an excellent resource.' D. Schultz, ChoiceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-49316-1 (9781108493161)
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Udi Sommer | Aliza Forman-Rabinovici
Producing Reproductive Rights
Determining Abortion Policy Worldwide
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Persons
Udi Sommer is Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University. He has also taught political science at Columbia and SUNY. He is Chair of The Israel Young Academy and Head of the Center for the Study of the United States at Tel Aviv University. Sommer is the author of over twnenty articles in peer-reviewed journals and two books, Supreme Court Agenda Setting (2014) and Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State (2016). He is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the European Union, Fulbright and NSF and was a finalist in the LSA 2nd Half-Century Project.
Content
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: producing reproductive rights; Part I. Civil Society Sphere: 2. The civil society sphere: religion and reproductive health; 3. The politics of religion and reproductive health: the cases of Chile and Bahrain; Part II. State Government Sphere: 4. The sphere of national governments: dimensions of representation; 5. Reproductive rights and the nation-state: the cases of New Zealand and Rwanda; Part III. The International Sphere: 6. The international sphere: going beyond civil society and the nation-state; 7. Case studies from the international sphere: The ICPD PoA and the African Union; 8. Conclusions: final thoughts and avenues for future comparative research on abortion.