{"product_id":"9781783481866","title":"Regulating Women: Policymaking and Practice in the UK","description":"A number of women’s issues serve to create novel policy problems that require creative, and sometimes unique, regulatory and legal responses. This book embarks upon a comparative case study approach to explore UK policymaking in the areas of abortion, rape, prostitution and pornography in turn. Each chapter engages a different institutional perspective to explore the influence of a range of bodies such as the legal system, medical profession, civil society, police force and mass media. The analysis reveals a common thread that runs throughout decision-making in these areas; a constant balancing act between regulation that purports to protect women, and regulation that supposedly reflects female liberation, with a continual dance between the labels of ‘criminal’ and ‘victim’ being performed by policy actors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLargely reflective of a dogmatic approach to the status of women, it is argued that different institutions retain strongholds over policymaking in these domains, prohibiting a joined-up approach. This has served to perpetuate harmful and negative stereotyping of women’s issues and create countless conundrums when the activities of women fall into more than one policy category.","brand":"Dutton Penguin Group USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152406069488,"sku":"9781783481866","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783481866_p0.jpg?v=1769892611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783481866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}