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The Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80
Roger Davidson
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Hardcover. This is the first scholarly study of Scotland's sexual coming-of-age in the post-war period, charting its political growth from a deeply moralistic policy framework towards a less judgmental, global and scientific context. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0 black & white illustrations, some black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662. Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80. 272 pages, 0 black & white illustrations, some black & white line drawings. This is the first scholarly study of Scotland's sexual coming-of-age in the post-war period, charting its political growth from a deeply moralistic policy framework towards a less judgmental, global and scientific context. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight: 662.
How did the Scottish government respond to sexual attitudes and behaviour in the period 1950 to 1980? In exploring the role of the state in the regulation of modern sexuality, historians have largely overlooked the policy-making process in Scotland. Davidson and Davis lead us through the Scottish sexual landscape leading up to the global crisis of HIV/AIDS, analysing post-war state policy towards issues such as abortion, family planning, homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, sex education and sexual heath. How progressive were Scottish policy makers during this period of rapid social change? The book examines to what extent the policy mindset shifted from ... Read more
How did the Scottish government respond to sexual attitudes and behaviour in the period 1950 to 1980? In exploring the role of the state in the regulation of modern sexuality, historians have largely overlooked the policy-making process in Scotland. Davidson and Davis lead us through the Scottish sexual landscape leading up to the global crisis of HIV/AIDS, analysing post-war state policy towards issues such as abortion, family planning, homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, sex education and sexual heath. How progressive were Scottish policy makers during this period of rapid social change? The book examines to what extent the policy mindset shifted from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748645602
SKU
V9780748645602
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About Roger Davidson
Roger Davidson is Emeritus Professor of Social History at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely on the history of medical and governmental responses to sexual issues since 1870. He is the author of Dangerous Liaisons: A Social History of Venereal Disease in Twentieth-Century Scotland, Routledge (2000), and co-editor of Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society ... Read more
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