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This invaluable book explores the normative framework which strives to police the personal, whilst showing the vital ways in which the transformation of the intimate sphere reflect back on the making of social policy. Highly recommended. Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Sociology and Executive Dean of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University

"""... an excellent resource with up-to-date facts, good links and resources, and very helpful key word summaries, aims and objectives for the student. This text is highly commended, both for courses on social policy and those dealing with the sociology of sexuality more broadly."" Sexualities ""... an enlightening review of how social policies influence everday lives, even in the privacy of one's bedroom."" The Review of Disability Studies ""This invaluable book explores the normative framework which strives to police the personal, whilst showing the vital ways in which the transformation of the intimate sphere reflect back on the making of social policy. Highly recommended."" Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Sociology and Executive Dean of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University"

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Dr Jean Carabine is Lecturer in Social Policy at The Open University. She is editor of the journal, Critical Social Policy, and has written extensively on the intersection between discourses of sexuality and social policy.

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