Abortion and nation
Subtitle: the politics of reproduction in contemporary Ireland
By: by Lisa Smyth.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Abortion -- Political aspects -- Ireland.; Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Ireland.; Rape victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ireland.; Women's rights -- Ireland.; National characteristics, Irish.
Description: "The book provides a new sociological framework through which the significance of conflict over abortion and reproductive freedom is connected to conflict over national identity. It also offers a distinctive in-depth consideration of the connection between gender and nationhood, particularly in terms of its impact on women's status as citizens; within the nation-state; within the European Union; and as members of a global civil society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Abortion politics, the nation-state, and globalization; title: Abortion and reproductive freedom; title: The politics of authenticity : nationality, gender, and Irishness; title: National entrepreneurs : a moral panic emerges; title: Abortion, official nationhood, and gendered citizenship; title: The X case and the familial 'pro-life' nation; title: The X case and the republican democratic nation-state; title: Towards a liberal democratic political culture?; title: Conclusion: women in the nation-state.