This book proposes that Americans form views on immigration and social welfare programs from conventional ways of speaking rather than from ideologies.
This book proposes that Americans form views on immigration and social welfare programs from conventional ways of speaking rather than from ideologies.
Claudia Strauss is Professor of Anthropology at Pitzer College. She is the author of A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning (Cambridge University Press, 1997) with Naomi Quinn and co-editor of Human Motives and Cognitive Models (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
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Part I. Overview: 1. Conventional discourses, public opinion, and political culture 2. Analysis of conventional discourses: backgrounds and methods 3. Conventional discourses and personal lives Part II. Immigration: 4. Public opinion about immigration 5. 'Too many immigrants' and discourses about economic costs and benefits 6. Discourses about legality, illegality, and national security 7. Discourses about immigration and American culture 8. Discourses about immigration causes and contexts Part III. Social Welfare Programs: 9. Public opinion about social welfare programs 10. Discourses about limitations of government programs 11. Discourses about personal responsibility and benefits for the deserving 12. Discourses about caring for self, family, community, and nation 13. Discourses about social causes of economic insecurity Part IV. Conclusion: 14. Questions and implications.
Part I. Overview: 1. Conventional discourses, public opinion, and political culture 2. Analysis of conventional discourses: backgrounds and methods 3. Conventional discourses and personal lives Part II. Immigration: 4. Public opinion about immigration 5. 'Too many immigrants' and discourses about economic costs and benefits 6. Discourses about legality, illegality, and national security 7. Discourses about immigration and American culture 8. Discourses about immigration causes and contexts Part III. Social Welfare Programs: 9. Public opinion about social welfare programs 10. Discourses about limitations of government programs 11. Discourses about personal responsibility and benefits for the deserving 12. Discourses about caring for self, family, community, and nation 13. Discourses about social causes of economic insecurity Part IV. Conclusion: 14. Questions and implications.
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