Cultures at War

Moral Conflicts in Western Democracies

AvT. Alexander Smith,Raymond Tatalovich

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-01-01
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442602267
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Dimensioner:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 g

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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).Raymond Tatalovich is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements1. Introduction: A New Politics for a New CenturyPart I: Raw Material for a Politics and Policy of Moral Conflict2. Status Anxiety and Political Ideology3. Cultural Theory and Warring CulturesPart II: Morality Politics by Unconventional Means4. Breaking Into or Breaking Apart the Political System5. Politicians Strike Back: Legislative Restraints on Morality Policy6. The Juridicization of the Morality Policy Process7. Bypassing Elites: Morality Policy by PlebiscitePart III: Uncompromising Ends of Morality Policy8. Building Political Consensus and the Public Peace9. Conclusion: Morality Policy and Democratic GovernanceAppendices A.1: Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment in Five Western DemocraciesA.2: Attitudes Toward Abortion in Five Western DemocraciesA.3: Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Five Western DemocraciesSelect Bibliography Index