The Politics of Moral Sin: Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina

ISBN-13: 9780415805964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 264 str.

Blofield Merike

Opis

Merike Blofield analyses the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organised religion. Specifically, she addresses the legalisation, or lack thereof - of divorces and abortion in three recently democratised Catholic countries: Spain, Chile and Argentina.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Centrality of Moral Politics  1. Moral Politics in a Global Era  2. Economic Resources and Political Access  3. Social Equality and Social Reform in Spain  4. Moral Fundamentalism in Chile  5. The Interaction of Inequality and Delegative Democracy in Argentina  6. Abortion Reform across Catholic Western Europe and Latin America  Conclusion

O autorze

Merike H. Blofield is Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University.