George W. Bush and the war on women
Subtitle: turning back the clock on progess
By: Barbara Finlay
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781842777848; 9781842777855
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946-; Women -- Government policy -- United States; Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Anti-feminism -- United States; Conservatism -- United States
Description: "This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed women's progress over the past three decades. While the media has focused on his opposition to abortion. Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programmes that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-258) and index