Sexual Subordination and State Intervention - Comparing Sweden and the United States

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.

List 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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Additional text

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

Product details

• Authors: R. Amy Elman, R.Amy Elman
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1996
• EAN: 9781571810717
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-071-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 222 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Series: No Series Linked
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Gender Studies and Sexuality, Cultural Studies (General)