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

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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- OUTLINE

- 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.