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Sex and Politics

Family and Morality in the Thatcher Years

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  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

  3. The Permissive Society and the Moral Lobby

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 5-15

  4. The Battle Against Abortion

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 16-38

  5. Victoria Gillick and Under-Sixteen Contraception

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 39-56

  6. Embryo Research: From the Warnock Report to Government Legislation

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 57-75

  7. ‘Sex and Violence’: The Whitehouse Campaign

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 76-98

  8. The Politics of Sex Education

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 99-122

  9. The Thatcher Government and the Policing of Sexuality

    • Martin Durham
    Pages 123-142

  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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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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