April 29, 2016 Journal article Open Access

Giorgi, Alberta

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{
  "DOI": "10.15603/2176-1078/er.v30n1p11-27", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Giorgi, Alberta"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2016, 
        4, 
        29
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>The catholic bio-politics, in recent years, addressed a variety of issues. In this contribution<br>\nI focus specifically on assisted reproduction and stem cell research in order to<br>\nanalyse the Catholic neo-feminist discourse, and the complex interplay of discursive<br>\narenas. Namely, I focus the attention on the reconfiguration of religious discourse<br>\nin terms of attention to feminism and gender rights, on the one side, and discursive<br>\nopportunity structures in terms of venues\u2019 opportunities and constraints on the other.<br>\nThe analysis underlined two main elements. First of all, in relation to the process of<br>\njudicialization of politics, the analysis pointed out the different opportunities and constraints<br>\ncharacterizing the different venues. Namely, judicialization of politics and venue<br>\nshopping are not favourable the same way for all the actors. Second, a neo-conservative<br>\nframe of revolutionary maternity gained large room in the Italian political sphere, and it<br>\nis likely to gain even more resonance in light of the current debate on surrogacy, related<br>\nto the never-ending discussion on the forms of regulation of same-sex couples in Italy.</p>", 
  "title": "Winning in the Parliament, losing in the Courts \u2013 Catholic biopolitics in different venues: the case of Italy", 
  "type": "article-journal", 
  "id": "218254"
}