Cultures at war : moral conflicts in western democracies /
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 gr...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Tatalovich, Raymond. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2003. |
Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Retention: | digitized |
Online Access: | Click here for full text |
Summary: | 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 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. |
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Item Description: | Print version record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations |
System Details: | 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. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index. |
ISBN: | 1551113341 9781551113340 9781442602267 1442602260 |
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