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This study, by two leading scholars in the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studies to uncover a basic injustice for the human rights of drug-using women: most women who need drug treatment in the US and UK do not get it. Why not?

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Author:   N. Campbell ,  E. Ettorre
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.529kg
ISBN:  

9780230228559

ISBN 10:   0230228550
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   04 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Making Gender Matter: Drug-Using Women, Embodiment, and the Epistemologies of Ignorance PART I: REINVENTING THE WHEEL  Getting Gender on the Agenda: A History of Pioneers in Drug Treatment for Women  Raising Consciousness or Controlling Women? Women's Drug andf alcohol Treatment Re-emerges  Undue Burdens: The Emergence of Feminist Treatment Advocacy in a Masculinist System PART II: GENDERING GOVERNING MENTALITIES  'Unearthing Women' in Drug Policy: Where Do Women Fit - Or Do They?  Reproducing Bodies and Governing Motherhood: Drug-using Women and Reproductive Loss Conclusion: Making Gender Matter in an Age of Neurochemical Selves Notes References Index

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NANCY CAMPBELL is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, USA. She focuses on intersections between history of science, drug policy and gender studies.   ELIZABETH ETTORRE is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has also written, Revisioning Women and Drug Use.

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