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

by R. Amy Elman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571810722
• ISBN13: 9781571810724
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"