Politics of sexuality : identity, gender, citizenship / edited by Terrell Carver and Véronique Mottier. - xv, 199 pages ; 25 cm. - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 4 . - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science 4. .

Based on a workshop on 'The Politics of Sexuality' at the joint sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, held at the University of Oslo from March 29 to April 3, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Citizens' sexualities: 'difference' and unequal treatment -- Sexual citizenship: gendered and de-gendered narratives -- Sexual citizens: legislating the age of consent in Britain -- Sexuality and the law: the body as politics -- Sexuality and the UK armed forces: judicial review of the ban on homosexuality -- Sexual orientation and anti-discrimination policy: the European Community -- Sexual politics: feminist politics, gay politics and the problem of heterosexuality -- Sexuality and rights: problematising lesbian and gay politics -- Theorisations of sexuality: identities and political agency -- Sexuality and nationality: gendered discourses of Ireland -- Sexuality and civilisation: Weber and Freud -- Sexuality and sexology: Michel Foucault -- Sexual politics, performativity, parody: Judith Butler -- Sexual politics and sexual difference: Luce Irigaray -- Commodification of sexuality: economic activity and public policy -- Sexuality and the International Conference on Population and Development: the Catholic Church in international politics -- Sexuality and the female national subject: contraception and abortion policy in Israel -- Sexual harassment in the workplace: equality policies in post-authoritarian Spain -- Sexuality and work: contrasting prostitution policies in Victoria and Queensland -- Sexuality and international commerce: the traffic in women and prostitution policy in the Netherlands -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. II. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. III. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

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