Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States / Edition 1

by R. Amy Elman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571810724
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	02/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"Elman's analysis reveals a surprising conclusion about policy innovation and responsiveness." - Journal of Women's History

From the Publisher

One of the foremost Brazilian philosophers of education presents some of his ideas, focusing on people, their actions, and their consciousness. He begins with the premise that human history is the product of people's struggle against inequality, which he describes in terms of a dialectic of oppositions and a pedagogy of consciousness. Dialectics for Gadotti is both a means of inquiry and the textual and dynamic foundation of human and cultural evolution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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