Discourses of Social Inclusion in Chilean Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy

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ID12425872
AuthorsJaviera Cubillos Almendra (0000-0001-8080-4049, Catholic University of the Maule, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume29
Issue2
Pages583-607
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxab054
OpenAlexW4205515951
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policy raises important normative questions. Accordingly, this article—inspired by a discursive approach to public policy—uses social inclusion approach to analyze Chilean SRH policy (2000–2018). It argues that despite long decades of capitalist neoliberal modernization and four consecutive center/left-wing governments, Chilean SRH policy remains as conservative as under right-wing dictatorship, and focused mainly on fertile women. The proposed conceptual model that informs this analysis considers three features of the public policy: the normative referent that guides it, the vision of society that underlies its discourse, and the presupposed concept of subject. The methodology includes tracing Chile’s SRH policy, critical frame analysis of relevant political texts, and interviews with governmental and nongovernmental political stakeholders

Democracy · Dictatorship · Inclusion (mineral · Modernization theory · Normative · Political science · Politics · Population · Public policy · Referent · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Social policy · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration

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