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ISBN: 9781442602267

Inhalt: Cultures at War explains the rise and impact of moral conflicts on the recent political life of western democracies. Smith and Tatalovich conceptualize all moral conflicts as clashes between egalitarian and hierarchical forces. At their core, moral conflicts are debates over "identity" and the status of various groups in society. The book is organized around the "stages" of the policy process, especially agenda-setting and adoption. How the policy process is affected by moral debate is analyzed through numerous case studies drawn mainly from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Central to the entire analysis are three moral conflicts - capital punishment, homosexuality, and abortion - though others, for example gun control, euthanasia, and fox hunting, are included to illustrate specific points.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , 1. Introduction: A New Politics for a New Century -- , Part One. Raw Material For A Politics And Policy Of Moral Conflict -- , 2. Status Anxiety and Political Ideology -- , 3. Cultural Theory and Warring Cultures -- , Part Two. Morality Politics By Unconventional Means -- , 4. Breaking Into Or Breaking Apart The Political System -- , 5. Politicians Strike Back: Legislative Restraints on Morality Policy -- , 6. The Juridicization of the Morality Policy Process -- , 7. Bypassing Elites: Morality Policy by Plebiscite -- , Part Three. Uncompromising Ends Of Morality Policy -- , 8. Building Political Consensus and the Public Peace -- , 9. Conclusion: Morality Policy and Democratic Governance -- , Appendix -- , A.1: Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment In Five Western Democracies -- , A.2: Attitudes Toward Abortion In Five Western Democracies -- , A.3: Attitudes Toward Homosexuality In Five Western Democracies -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.3138/9781442602267

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442602267

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442602267

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (302 pages) , illustrations

Ausgabe: Reproduktion [Place of publication not identified] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction

ISBN: 1551113341 , 9781551113340 , 9781442602267 , 1442602260

Inhalt: Introduction: A new politics for a new century -- Part 1: Raw material for a politics and policy of moral conflict -- Status anxiety and political ideology -- Cultural theory and warring cultures -- Part 2: Morality politics by unconventional means -- Breaking into or breaking apart the political system -- Politicians strike back: legislative restraints on morality policy -- The juridicization of the morality policy process -- Bypassing elites: morality policy by Plebiscite -- Part 3: Uncompromising ends of morality policy -- Building political consensus and the public peace -- Conclusion: morality policy and Democratic governance.

Inhalt: Explains the rise and impact of moral conflicts on the recent political life of western democracies. The authors conceptualize all moral conflicts as clashes between egalitarian and hierarchical forces. At their core, moral conflicts are debates over "identity" and the status of various groups in society. The book is organized around the "stages" of the policy process, espcially agenda-setting and adoption. How the policy process is affected by moral debate is analyzed through numerous case studies drawn mainly from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Central to the entire analysis are three moral conflicts-capital punishment, homosexuality, and abortion-though others, for example gun control, euthanasia, and fox-hunting, are included to illustrate specific points

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index , Electronic reproduction , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Smith, T. Alexander, 1936- Cultures at war Peterborough, Ont : Broadview Press, ©2003

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Soziologie

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

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