Beyond Reproduction: Women's Health, Activism, and Public Policy [Hardcover]

Karen L. Baird (Author), Dana-Ain Davis (Author), Kimberly Christensen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0838641849 | ISBN-13: 978-0838641842 | Publication Date: June 2009 | Edition: 1

'Beyond Reproduction' examines the women's health movement of the 1990s and how activists achieved unprecedented policy changes in the areas of medical research, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and violence against women. It analyzes the composition, approach, strategies, and context of the women's health movement, specifying the many factors that led to these significant federal level policy changes. 'Beyond Reproduction' enhances our understanding of women's movements, women's health movements, and other social movements and how, when, and why activists are able to produce substantial political change.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Karen L. Baird is associate professor of political science and women's studies at Purchase College, State University of New York, where she is also chair of the Political Science Program and past coordinator of the Women Studies program.

Dana-Ain Davis is associate professor of urban studies at Queens College, City University of New York.

Kimberly Christensen is associate professor of economics and women's studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; 1 edition (June 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838641849
• ISBN-13: 978-0838641842
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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