Drew Halfmann (born June 28, 1967) is an American sociologist best known for his research on

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in the United States.

Career

Drew Halfmann is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the

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. His book ''Doctors and Demonstrators: How Political Institutions Shape Abortion Law in the United States, Britain, and Canada'' (

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, 2011), which won the 2012 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book from the

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section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, explains that abortion law remains contentious in the United States mainly due to permeability of

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. This, Halfmann argues, is in contrast to abortion law in Britain and Canada, where the topic is a settled issue, experienced now in politics merely as a medical matter. Halfmann’s work has appeared in '' The American Sociological Review'', ''

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'', '' Social Problems'', ''

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'', and other academic journals. Halfmann earned his doctorate at

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in 2001. He spent his undergraduate years at the

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Awards

* The Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association, 2013. * Charles Tilly Award for Best Book,

Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, 2012. *

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Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper,

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Selected bibliography

* Halfmann, Drew. 2011. ''Doctors and Demonstrators: How Political Institutions Shape Abortion Law in the United States, Britain, and Canada.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press. * Halfmann, Drew. 2011. "Recognizing medicalization and demedicalization: Discourses, practices, and identities." ''Health'' 16(2):186-207. * Halfmann, Drew and Michael P. Young. 2010. "War pictures: The grotesque as a mobilizing tactic." ''Mobilization: An International Quarterly'' 15(1):1-24. * Halfmann, Drew, Kim Ebert, and Jesse Rude. 2005. "The

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legacy in minority health policy-making, 1975–2002." ''Research in the Sociology of Health Care'' 23:245-275. * Halfmann, Drew. 2003. "Historical priorities and the responses of doctors' associations to abortion reform proposals in Britain and the United States 1960-1973." ''Social Problems'' 50(4):567-592. * Amenta, Edwin and Drew Halfmann. 2000. "Wage wars: Institutional politics,

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wages, and the struggle for US social policy." ''American Sociological Review'' 65(4):506-528. * Amenta, Edwin, Drew Halfmann, and Michael P. Young. 1999. "The strategies and contexts of social protest: Political mediation and the impact of the Townsend Movement in California." ''Mobilization: An International Quarterly'' 4(1):1-23.

References

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