Reproductive Politics

What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-981141-0
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 294 g

Reihe: What Everyone Needs To Know®

Reproductive politics is a term coined by feminists in the 1970s to describe contemporary, Roe v. Wade-era power struggles over contraception and abortion, adoption and surrogacy, and other satellite issues. Forty years later, questions of reproductive rights are just as complex--and controversial--as they were then. Focusing mainly on the United States, Reproductive Politics explores the legal, political, religious, social, ethical, and medical dimensions of this hotly contested arena. Tracing the historical roots of reproductive politics up through the present, Rickie Solinger adopts a question-and-answer format to shed light on such questions as: are sex and reproduction "private" or "public" matters? When was abortion criminalized in the United States--and why? What is "abstinence only" sex education? And how is "reproductive politics" a men's issue as well as a women's issue? Covering a substantial range of information in an accessible and lively manner, Solinger orients readers and provides the knowledge necessary to enter into dialogue with this important and continually evolving field.

Zielgruppe

General readers, experts/researchers interested in reproductive politics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Solinger, Rickie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Abtreibung, Geburtenkontrolle: Soziale & Ethische Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is "Reproductive Politics"
2. Why History Matters
3. The Legal Context
4. Religious Views and Their Impacts
5. Population Issues and Reproductive Politics
6. Public Policy and Reproductive Politics
7. Contemporary "Values" Debates over Reproductive Politics
8. Teenage Pregnancy and Single Pregnancy in the U.S.
10. Contemporary Abortion Politics I: Opinions and Science
11. Contemporary Abortion Politics II: Experience and Practice
12. Contemporary Abortion Politics III: Activism, Law, and Public Policy
13. Fetuses
14. Family Planning and Reproductive Technologies
15. Adoption
16. The Environment and Reproductive Politics
17. Disability and Reproductive Politics
18. Birthing and Reproductive Politics
19. Health Care Reform and Reproductive Politics
20. Global Perspectives on Reproductive Politics
21. Men and Reproductive Politics
22. Language and Frameworks

Über Autor(innen)

Solinger, Rickie
Rickie Solinger is a historian, writer, and exhibits curator. She is the author of Pregnancy and Power: A Short History of Reproductive Politics in America and other books on this subject.