“Doctors and Demonstrators is an innovative, thorough, and expertly designed work of political analysis. There is much to admire here, but one of the most important elements is the use of a comparative historical approach to an issue of legal policy. Halfmann sets up an intriguing puzzle—why are abortion politics in the US, Britain, and Canada so different?—and provides a subtle yet clear and powerful explanation.”

John Skrentny, University of California, San Diego

“Doctors and Demonstrators situates struggles over abortion in comparative context, showing the importance of different ways in which the medical profession, politics, and law affect each other. Drew Halfmann’s analysis is an important contribution to sociology and a source of timely insight that goes beyond the specifics of abortion issues to controversies over health care generally.”

Craig Calhoun, New York University

“The book is laid out in an intellectually intuitive, though perhaps untraditional, way, which allows Halfmann to emphasize his theory clearly throughout. . . . It puts what has for many decades been a fiery political debate in the United States into a larger political perspective.”

World Medical and Health Policy