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Regulating Women : Policymaking and Practice in the UK.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783481866
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Regulating WomenDDC classification:
  • 305.4
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236.5.G7 -- C66 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Analysing the Status of Women in UK Policymaking: How Do Institutions Matter? -- 1.1. Institutional Legacies and Policymaking -- 1.2. Addressing the Theoretical Core: Comparing Apples and Oranges? -- 1.3. Operationalizing the Multi-Variant Approach -- 1.4. Structure of the Book -- Note -- 2 Hanging on to the Old: Path Dependency in UK Abortion Regulation -- 2.1. A Brief History: Crimes Against the Unborn 1200-1900 -- 2.2. The 1967 Abortion Act -- 2.3. A Healthcare Treatment or Criminal Act? -- 2.4. Historical Barriers: Evidence-Based Policymaking and the Abortion Pill -- 2.5. The European Capital for Abortion -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 3 Balancing Protection and Prosecution: The Rationality of UK Prostitution Legislation -- 3.1. The Law on Prostitution: From 'Street Offences' to 'Sexual Offences' -- 3.2. The Policing and Crime Act 2009 -- 3.3. A Public Nuisance or a Question of Labour Rights? -- 3.4. Political Self-Interest and Future Regulation: The Case of the Bradford Murders -- 3.5. Deriving Inspiration from Overseas: Neo-Abolitionism in Europe -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 4 Demanding a 'Proper Victim': The Culture of Rape Policy in the UK -- 4.1. Rape at Common Law: The Woman on Trial -- 4.2. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 -- 4.3. A Probable Criminal or a Likely Victim? -- 4.4. Normative Order: The Fear of Coming Forward and Marital Rape -- 4.5. Reaching International Standards of Regulation across the EU -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5 Welcoming Public Debate: Developing the Regulation of Pornography through Open Discussion -- 5.1. Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Pornography -- 5.2. Cameron's Crackdown -- 5.3. Who Needs Protecting? -- 5.4. Altering the Dominant Discourse: Linking Violent Crime and Pornography -- 5.5. Supranational Law and the Open Internet -- 5.6. Conclusion.
6 Conclusion: Harmful Stereotyping and Institutional Stronghold in the Regulation of Women's Issues -- 6.1. Shedding Light on the 'Black Box' -- 6.2. Benefitting from a Multi-Variant Approach -- 6.3. Dispelling the Myths: Lessons for Practitioners and Towards a Gendered Lens -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Draws together comparative policy analysis related to prominent women's issues in the UK, exploring their construction and management through the conceptual lenses of new institutionalism.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Analysing the Status of Women in UK Policymaking: How Do Institutions Matter? -- 1.1. Institutional Legacies and Policymaking -- 1.2. Addressing the Theoretical Core: Comparing Apples and Oranges? -- 1.3. Operationalizing the Multi-Variant Approach -- 1.4. Structure of the Book -- Note -- 2 Hanging on to the Old: Path Dependency in UK Abortion Regulation -- 2.1. A Brief History: Crimes Against the Unborn 1200-1900 -- 2.2. The 1967 Abortion Act -- 2.3. A Healthcare Treatment or Criminal Act? -- 2.4. Historical Barriers: Evidence-Based Policymaking and the Abortion Pill -- 2.5. The European Capital for Abortion -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 3 Balancing Protection and Prosecution: The Rationality of UK Prostitution Legislation -- 3.1. The Law on Prostitution: From 'Street Offences' to 'Sexual Offences' -- 3.2. The Policing and Crime Act 2009 -- 3.3. A Public Nuisance or a Question of Labour Rights? -- 3.4. Political Self-Interest and Future Regulation: The Case of the Bradford Murders -- 3.5. Deriving Inspiration from Overseas: Neo-Abolitionism in Europe -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 4 Demanding a 'Proper Victim': The Culture of Rape Policy in the UK -- 4.1. Rape at Common Law: The Woman on Trial -- 4.2. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 -- 4.3. A Probable Criminal or a Likely Victim? -- 4.4. Normative Order: The Fear of Coming Forward and Marital Rape -- 4.5. Reaching International Standards of Regulation across the EU -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5 Welcoming Public Debate: Developing the Regulation of Pornography through Open Discussion -- 5.1. Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Pornography -- 5.2. Cameron's Crackdown -- 5.3. Who Needs Protecting? -- 5.4. Altering the Dominant Discourse: Linking Violent Crime and Pornography -- 5.5. Supranational Law and the Open Internet -- 5.6. Conclusion.

6 Conclusion: Harmful Stereotyping and Institutional Stronghold in the Regulation of Women's Issues -- 6.1. Shedding Light on the 'Black Box' -- 6.2. Benefitting from a Multi-Variant Approach -- 6.3. Dispelling the Myths: Lessons for Practitioners and Towards a Gendered Lens -- Bibliography -- Index.

Draws together comparative policy analysis related to prominent women's issues in the UK, exploring their construction and management through the conceptual lenses of new institutionalism.

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