Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States - Couverture souple

Elman, R. Amy

 
9781571810724: Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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

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