state action on women's rights around the world
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Htun, Mala
- Creator
- Weldon, S. Laurel
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- mensenrechten, arbeidsrecht, familierecht, religie, verlofregelingen, sociale klasse, reproductieve rechten, vrouwenbewegingen, politieke stromingen, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This book looks at why do governments promote women's rights. Through analysis of state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, the book shows how different women's rights issues involve different histories and trigger different conflicts. Change on violence against women and workplace equality involves a logic of status politics: feminist movements leverage international norms to contest women's subordination. Family law, abortion and contraception, conform to a logic of doctrinal politics, which turns on relations between religious groups and the state. Publicly-paid parental leave and child care follow a logic of class politics, in which the strength of Left parties and overall economic conditions are more salient.