J. Outshoorn – författare

Most Western democracies established women's policy agencies to improve the status of women by the 1990s. One of the book's key questions is how have women's policy agencies been able to develop, maintain or enhance their roles in the transformed political context and how have women's movements adapted to change in twelve states.

Most Western democracies established women''s policy agencies to improve the status of women by the 1990s. One of the book''s key questions is how have women''s policy agencies been able to develop, maintain or enhance their roles in the transformed political context and how have women''s movements adapted to change in twelve states.

This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.

This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women''s autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.