{"product_id":"9780745613215","title":"Property, Women and Politics Subjects or Objects?","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProperty, Women and Politics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSubjects or Objects?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDonna L. Dickenson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Women's Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAlthough many feminist authors have pointed out the ways in which women have \u003ci\u003ebeen\u003c\/i\u003e property, they have been less successful in suggesting how women might become the subjects rather than the objects of property-holding. \u003ci\u003eProperty, Women and Politics: Subjects or Objects?\u003c\/i\u003e considers the relationship between women and property from a novel viewpoint, synthesizing political theory from liberal and non-liberal traditions, feminist critiques, history and social policy. The volume ranges across a series of historical and anthropological studies which include the property position of women in classical Greece, the Anglo-American doctrine of coverture, nineteenth-century prostitution, and structural adjustment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes a comprehensive critique of the treatment of property by both mainstream political theorists and such important second-wave feminists as Irigaray, MacKinnon and Pateman.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eProperty, Women and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs and contests the concept of property. But it also uses important insights in recent feminist thought to suggest productive directions for a \u003ci\u003ereconstructed\u003c\/i\u003e theory of property, one in which women's work counts. The reconstructed model is applied to such pressing areas of medical ethics as egg and sperm donation, contract motherhood, abortion, and the sale of foetal tissue. In addition, it shows how we can revise our assumptions about the 'marriage contract'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is intended for a wide readership in women's studies, political theory, medical ethics, law and social policy, and for both academic and a lay reader, combining as it does current topics of public policy with a sound theoretical discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna L. Dickenson\u003c\/b\u003e is an American philosopher who specializes in medical ethics. She is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London, fellow of the Ethox and HeLEX Centres at the University of Oxford, and visiting fellow at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 October 1997\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745613215\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310415540364,"sku":"9780745613215","price":65.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745613215_ecb0ecfd-dbeb-4355-89b8-ef44a21b74fa.jpg?v=1780193787","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745613215","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}