Sexual Subordination and State Intervention

Comparing Sweden and the United States

von R Amy Elman

160 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9781571810717
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1996
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books