`Unlike many edited collections, the contributions build on each other, with introductory and closing chapters welding the book into a coherent and integrated whole...(it is ) an excellent collection of case studies.′ -- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 13.4.87`The high quality of all the essays and their successful integration of conceptual and historical or empirical analysis makes this book an admirable text for policy analysts and comparative political scientists as well as for those solely interested in abortion itself.′ -- West European Politics`a lucid and interesting analysis of the varying experiences of eight communities -- Political Studies, Vol 35 No4, Dec 1987`essential reading for anyone interested in the abortion issue or in the impact of feminist struggle or pressure group politics.′ -- Women′s Studies Internaional Forum, Vol 10 No 6, Dec 1987`an invaluable book for a student of politics interested in the way in which different interest groups impact on each other and on the legislature. It is also fascinating for the light it throws on the different tactics of pro- and anti-choice campaigners in different countries.′ -- Journal of the National Abortion Campaign`The book has a great deal to offer.′ -- People, Vol 15 No 2, 1988

• Introduction - Joni Lovenduski and Joyce OutshoornThe New Politics of AbortionThe Rules of the Game - Joyce OutshoornAbortion Politics in the NetherlandsAbortion as a Marginal Issue - Alvin CohanThe Use of Peripheral Mechanisms in Britain and the United StatesParliament, Pressure Groups, Networks and the Women′s Movement - Joni LovenduskiThe Politics of Abortion Law Reform in Britain (1967-83)The Politics of Abortion in Ireland - Vicky RandallAbortion Policy in France under Governments of the Right and Left (1973-84) - Janine Mossuz-LavauFeminism and Abortion Politics in Italy - Lesley CaldwellAbortion in Belgium - Bereng>ere Marques-PereiraConsensus and Conflict on the Political and Institutional SceneThe Abortion Issue, Political Cleavage and the Political Agenda in Norway - Jorun WiikThe Marginal Relevance of Legislation Relating to Induced Abortion - Evert Ketting and Philip van Praag

`Unlike many edited collections, the contributions build on each other, with introductory and closing chapters welding the book into a coherent and integrated whole...(it is ) an excellent collection of case studies.′ -- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 13.4.87`The high quality of all the essays and their successful integration of conceptual and historical or empirical analysis makes this book an admirable text for policy analysts and comparative political scientists as well as for those solely interested in abortion itself.′ -- West European Politics`a lucid and interesting analysis of the varying experiences of eight communities -- Political Studies, Vol 35 No4, Dec 1987`essential reading for anyone interested in the abortion issue or in the impact of feminist struggle or pressure group politics.′ -- Women′s Studies Internaional Forum, Vol 10 No 6, Dec 1987`an invaluable book for a student of politics interested in the way in which different interest groups impact on each other and on the legislature. It is also fascinating for the light it throws on the different tactics of pro- and anti-choice campaigners in different countries.′ -- Journal of the National Abortion Campaign`The book has a great deal to offer.′ -- People, Vol 15 No 2, 1988

• Introduction - Joni Lovenduski and Joyce OutshoornThe New Politics of AbortionThe Rules of the Game - Joyce OutshoornAbortion Politics in the NetherlandsAbortion as a Marginal Issue - Alvin CohanThe Use of Peripheral Mechanisms in Britain and the United StatesParliament, Pressure Groups, Networks and the Women′s Movement - Joni LovenduskiThe Politics of Abortion Law Reform in Britain (1967-83)The Politics of Abortion in Ireland - Vicky RandallAbortion Policy in France under Governments of the Right and Left (1973-84) - Janine Mossuz-LavauFeminism and Abortion Politics in Italy - Lesley CaldwellAbortion in Belgium - Bereng>ere Marques-PereiraConsensus and Conflict on the Political and Institutional SceneThe Abortion Issue, Political Cleavage and the Political Agenda in Norway - Jorun WiikThe Marginal Relevance of Legislation Relating to Induced Abortion - Evert Ketting and Philip van Praag

`Unlike many edited collections, the contributions build on each other, with introductory and closing chapters welding the book into a coherent and integrated whole...(it is ) an excellent collection of case studies.′ -- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 13.4.87`The high quality of all the essays and their successful integration of conceptual and historical or empirical analysis makes this book an admirable text for policy analysts and comparative political scientists as well as for those solely interested in abortion itself.′ -- West European Politics`a lucid and interesting analysis of the varying experiences of eight communities -- Political Studies, Vol 35 No4, Dec 1987`essential reading for anyone interested in the abortion issue or in the impact of feminist struggle or pressure group politics.′ -- Women′s Studies Internaional Forum, Vol 10 No 6, Dec 1987`an invaluable book for a student of politics interested in the way in which different interest groups impact on each other and on the legislature. It is also fascinating for the light it throws on the different tactics of pro- and anti-choice campaigners in different countries.′ -- Journal of the National Abortion Campaign`The book has a great deal to offer.′ -- People, Vol 15 No 2, 1988

• Introduction - Joni Lovenduski and Joyce OutshoornThe New Politics of AbortionThe Rules of the Game - Joyce OutshoornAbortion Politics in the NetherlandsAbortion as a Marginal Issue - Alvin CohanThe Use of Peripheral Mechanisms in Britain and the United StatesParliament, Pressure Groups, Networks and the Women′s Movement - Joni LovenduskiThe Politics of Abortion Law Reform in Britain (1967-83)The Politics of Abortion in Ireland - Vicky RandallAbortion Policy in France under Governments of the Right and Left (1973-84) - Janine Mossuz-LavauFeminism and Abortion Politics in Italy - Lesley CaldwellAbortion in Belgium - Bereng>ere Marques-PereiraConsensus and Conflict on the Political and Institutional SceneThe Abortion Issue, Political Cleavage and the Political Agenda in Norway - Jorun WiikThe Marginal Relevance of Legislation Relating to Induced Abortion - Evert Ketting and Philip van Praag