Making Politics Visible
Discourses on Gender and Race in the Problematisation of Sex-Selective Abortion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sundari Anitha (0000-0002-6918-3680, School of Social and Political Sciences University of Lincoln.), Aisha K Gill (0000-0003-2910-5466, University of Roehampton) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/s41305-018-0137-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2809179911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
This paper examines the problematisation of sex-selective abortion (SSA) in UK parliamentary debates on Fiona Bruce's Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill 2014-15 and on the subsequent proposed amendment to the Serious Crime Bill 2014-15. On the basis of close textual analysis, we argue that a discursive framing of SSA as a form of cultural oppression of minority women in need of protection underpinned Bruce's Bill; in contrast, by highlighting issues more commonly articulated in defence of women's reproductive rights, the second set of debates displaced this framing in favour of a broader understanding, drawing on postcolonial feminist critiques, of how socio-economic factors constrain all women in this regard. We argue that the problematisation of SSA explains the original cross-party support for, and subsequent defeat of, the policies proposed to restrict SSA. Our analysis also highlights the central role of ideology in the policy process, thus making politics visible in policymaking
Abortion · Feminism · Framing (construction) · Ideology · Oppression · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Law · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Sex work and related issues
Femicide
Toward a feminist theory of the state
Reframing Policy Discourse
Frame analysis
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism
The Empire Strikes Back?
Culture, Society and the Media
The UN Approach to Harmful Traditional Practices
Legislating Gender Inequalities
Constructing abortion as a social problem
From Policy “Frames” to “Framing”
Dis/locating Cultures/Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism
Dislocating Cultures
Issue Framing Effects on Belief Importance and Opinion
Debating Abortion, Deliberative Reciprocity and Parliamentary Advocacy
Framing Theory
An Increase in the Sex Ratio of Births to India-born Mothers in England and Wales
Green Groups and Grey Areas
Pro-choice
Under Western Eyes
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |