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Gendering Institutions and Devolution

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Abortion Law and Political Institutions

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This book considers abortion in contemporary Northern Ireland from within a feminist institutionalist framework, addressing how political institutions in Belfast and London have framed and constrained potential for change. This chapter explains how the research situates itself within literature addressing the gendered implications of multi-level governance , most especially devolution as it has unfolded in the modern-day UK . The chapter explains why Northern Ireland is an important, yet underexplored case study, which has much to contribute to the burgeoning field of feminist institutionalism.

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Thomson, J. (2019). Gendering Institutions and Devolution. In: Abortion Law and Political Institutions. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96169-9_2

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