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Sex and Politics

Family and Morality in the Thatcher Years

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  1. Martin Durham
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 1-4

  4. The Battle Against Abortion

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 16-38

  8. The Politics of Sex Education

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 99-122

  10. Morality and the Right

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 143-160

  11. Moral Crusades and the Right

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 161-178

  12. Conclusion

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 179-179

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 181-209
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About this book

Since Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979, a recurrent theme in government rhetoric has centred around the family and moral values. During its years in office, the government has passed legislation on sex education and obscenity and been involved in battles over abortion, contraception for under-16s and other issues. This study examines the work of moral crusades during the Thatcher years and their relationship to the government and the New Right and challenges those accounts which see Thatcherism as pursuing a consistent moralist agenda and which equate anti-abortion campaigners or critics of sex education with America's Moral Majority. '...as a comparatively short book, an enormous amount is crammed in without adversely affecting readability. I found the chapter on abortion masterly...this is a publication I heartily recommend...informative, readable.' Diane Munday, The Freethinker
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sex and Politics

  • Book Subtitle: Family and Morality in the Thatcher Years

  • Authors: Martin Durham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21585-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 209

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Ethics, Political Science

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