Identity, Culture, and American Democracy
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Clergy are pillars of local religious communities, and Roman Catholic priests are perhaps the quintessential examples of pastors functioning as political elites. The political science literature demonstrates that priests (indeed, clergy more gener...
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade. Holding that a womans substantive due process right to terminate her pregnancy in the early months outweighed state interests in maternal health and fetal protection, the C...
Elizabeth A. Oldmixon is associate professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, and a fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Summer Institute, Brandeis University. She is author of Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as numerous articles on cultural issues and legislative policymaking. Bethany Blackstone is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. Her research interests include judicial decision making, the separation of powers, civil rights, and elite and public attitudes toward courts. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Law & Society Review, and Politics and Religion. Wendy L. Watson is a lecturer in Political Science at the University of North Texas. She is the co-editor (with Neal Devins) of Federal Abortion Politics: A Documentary History and the author of "Forensic DNA Analysis" (in the forthcoming edited volume Privacy in the Digital Age: 21st-Century Challenges to the Fourth Amendment). Her research interests include equal access to the courts, the interaction between politics and constitutional law, and pedagogy.
1. Introduction to the Politics of Culture and Identity. 2. Science, Sexuality, and Democracy. 3. Politicizing an Identity. 4. Public Attitudes on LGBT Rights. 5. LGBT Voters and Representation. 6. Local, State, and National Policymaking. 7. Policy in Public Space. 8. Policy in Private Space. 9. LGBT Rights in Comparative Perspective. 10. Conclusion: Looking Forward.