Mainstreaming Midwives The Politics of Change 1st edition by Robbie Davis Floyd ISBN 0415931517 9780415931519

Part I: Developing Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States

• Chapter 1: ACNM and MANA: Divergent Histories and Convergent Trends
  • A Brief Social History of American Midwifery
  • The Development of Nurse-Midwifery
  • Nurse-Midwifery’s Shift to Hospital-Based Practice and the Founding of the ACNM
  • Lay and Direct-Entry Midwifery
  • The Founding of MANA and its Work During the 1980s
  • The Carnegie Meetings of the Interorganizational Work Group
  • Apprenticeship in Canada and the United States
  • The Late 1990s: Convergent Trends
  • From Lay to Direct-Entry: The Development of the Certified Professional Midwife
  • ACNM, The Development of the Certified Midwife (CM), and MANA’s Response
  • The Contemporary Status Quo
  • Conclusion: A Convergent Network of Options for American Women
  • Timeline of Events in the Comparative History of ACNM and MANA
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 2: Idealism and Pragmatism in the Creation of the Certified Midwife: The Development of Midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992
  • Methods and Framework
  • The Development of Nurse-Midwifery in New York
  • The Hospital-Based Nurse-Midwife in New York City
  • Pragmatism, Ideology, and Everyday Acts of Resistance
  • Nurses or Midwives? An Identity Crisis within Nurse-Midwifery
  • The New York Professional Midwifery Act of 1992: History and Personal Motivations
  • Legislative Efforts of the CNMs
  • Relationships Between Nurse- and Lay-Midwives in New York: Failed Potentials
  • The Situation in New York Today
  • Conclusion: “We’re All Midwives Now”
  • Timeline of Events in New York Midwifery
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 3: Qualified Commodification: The Creation of the Certified Professional Midwife
  • The Midwifery Appropriation of Commodification Strategies
  • Standardized Production, Quality Control, and Quantification in Midwifery
  • Purchasability, Marketing, and Brand Name Recognition
  • Commodities as Embedded in the Global Political Economy
  • Conclusion: Maintaining a Tireless Vigilance
  • Endnotes, References

Part II: State-Based Studies in the Legislation of Direct-Entry Midwifery

• Chapter 4: “The Governor’s Full Support”: Legalizing Direct-Entry Midwifery in Florida
  • History in Context
  • Woman with Woman and the Days of the “Old Law”
  • The Long Road to Legality, Again
  • Developing a Profession: The Privileges and Prices of Swimming in the Mainstream
  • Conclusion: The Value of History
  • Timeline of Licensed Midwifery in Florida
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 5: Minnesota Direct-Entry Midwives: Achieving Legislative Success Through Focusing on Families, Safety, and Women’s Rights
  • The Midwifery Study Advisory Group
  • The Minnesota Midwifery Licensing Law
  • Challenges and Lessons from the Minnesota Story
  • Timeline of Licensed Midwifery in Minnesota
  • Endnotes, References
• Chapter 6: Risks, Costs, and Effects of Homebirth Midwifery Legislation in Colorado
  • Colorado Midwifery Organizations
  • Politicizing Danger, Constructing Risk
  • Current Regulation and Costs of Midwifery Legislation
  • Epilogue
  • Timeline of Events in Colorado Midwifery
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 7: “Every Breath is Political, Every Woman’s Life a Statement”: Cross-Class Organizing for Midwifery in Virginia
  • Birthing Histories in Virginia
  • The Midwifery “Problem”
  • Criminalizing Lay Midwifery and the Resurgence of Homebirth
  • Recent Political Mobilization
  • Public Discourses and Grassroots Organizing
  • The Future of Grassroots Organizing for Midwifery
  • Timeline of Legislative History of Midwifery in Virginia
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 8: “I’m Living My Politics”: Legalizing and Licensing Direct-Entry Midwives in Iowa
  • Professionalizing Biomedical Alternatives
  • Emerging from the Underground: Making Direct-Entry Midwifery Public
  • Midwifery Activism: Common Goals and Shared Understandings
  • Critical Differences: Perspectives on Legalization and Licensing
  • Spiritual/Professional: Forging New Self-Definitions
  • Conclusion: Looking Toward the Future
  • Postscript, Timeline of Direct-Entry Midwifery in Iowa
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References
• Chapter 9: Creating a Way Out of No Way: Midwifery in Massachusetts
  • The Legal Status of Nurse- and Direct-Entry Midwives
  • Autonomy vs. Legitimacy: Joining Forces
  • Overturning Historical Precedent
  • The Legalization of Nurse-Midwifery and Physicians’ Stance on Homebirth
  • Developing a Reputation for Direct-Entry Midwifery
  • A New, Joint Legislative Effort
  • Timeline of Midwifery History in Massachusetts
  • Acknowledgments, Endnotes, References

Part III: Core Issues in Mainstreaming Midwives

• Chapter 10: From Calling to Career: Keeping the Social Movement in the Professional Project
  • Theories of Social Movements and Midwifery
  • The Resource Mobilization Model (RMT) and Political Process Theory
  • The New Social Movement Theories
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments, References
• Chapter 11: Renegade Midwives: Assets or Liabilities?
  • Stories from Women Choosing to Give Birth with Renegade Midwives
  • Normalizing Uniqueness and the Role of the Stranger
  • Living into the Answers
  • Acknowledgments, References
• Chapter 12: Home to Hospital Transport: Fractured Articulations or Magical Mandorlas?
  • Disparate Knowledge Systems and the Nature of Crisis
  • Mandorla Transport Stories
  • Contextualizing and Articulating Transport Mandorlas
  • Endnotes, References
• Chapter 13: Why Midwives Matter: Overcoming Barriers to Caretaking and the Power of Birth
  • Fostering Autonomy through an Ethic of Caring
  • Barriers to Midwifery Care and Efforts to Overcome Them