Sexual Subordination and State Intervention

Comparing Sweden and the United States
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-1-57181-072-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

One would expect a welfare state such as Sweden to compare favorably with the United States regarding implementation of public policies and programs. Surprisingly, the author comes to quite different conclusions: in studying the treatment of battered, raped and sexually-harassed women in the two countries, she has found that, contrary to conventional expectation, the ability of the decentralized American state to innovate effectively has been consistently underestimated, whereas Sweden's ability to do the same has often been exaggerated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elman, R. Amy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Analytic Context: Gender Specification and State Structures

Chapter 2. The ComparativeContext: States, Structures and Movements

Chapter 3. The States and Women Battering

Chapter 4. The States and Rape

Chapter 5. The States and Sexual Harassment

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elman, R. Amy
R. Amy Elman is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kalamazoo College, Michigan.