T Alexander Smith, Raymond Tatalovich

Cultures at War

Moral Conflicts in Western Democracies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book marries rigorous scholarship with riveting examples of morality policy.... The role of values, ethics, and competing moral visions in public policy has long needed treatment of this scope and clarity." - Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781551113340
• ISBN-10: 1551113341
• Artikelnr.: 33311685

Autorenporträt

T. Alexander Smith is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee. He has authored Time and Public Policy (Tennessee, 1988) and co-authored Black Anxiety, White Guilt, and the Politics of Status Frustration (Praeger, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: A New Politics for a New Century
Part I: Raw Material for a Politics and Policy of Moral Conflict
2. Status Anxiety and Political Ideology
3. Cultural Theory and Warring Cultures
Part II: 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 III: Uncompromising Ends of Morality Policy
8. Building Political Consensus and the Public Peace
9. Conclusion: Morality Policy and Democratic Governance
Appendices
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
Select Bibliography
Index