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Shaping abortion discourse : democracy and the public sphere in Germany and the United States / Myra Marx Ferree [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferree, Myra Marx, author.
- Series:
- Communication, society and politics.
- Communication, society and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--Political aspects--Germany.
- Abortion.
- Abortion--Political aspects--United States.
- Abortion--Press coverage--Germany.
- Abortion--Press coverage--United States.
- Pro-choice movement--Germany.
- Pro-choice movement.
- Pro-choice movement--United States.
- Pro-life movement--Germany.
- Pro-life movement.
- Pro-life movement--United States.
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
- Germany.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using controversy over abortion as a lens through which to compare the political process and role of the media in these two very different democracies, this book examines the contest over meaning that is being waged by social movements, political parties, churches and other social actors. Abortion is a critical battleground for debates over social values in both countries, but the constitutional premises on which arguments rest differ, as do the strategies that movements and parties adopt and the opportunities for influence that are open to them. By examining how these debates are conducted and by whom in light of the normative claims made by democratic theorists, the book also offers a means of judging how well either country lives up to the ideals of democratic debate in practice.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Glossary; Part I Introduction; Part II Major Outcomes; Part III Representing Different Constituencies; Part IV The Quality of Abortion Discourse; Methodological Appendix; References; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-12130-2
- 1-280-42987-9
- 0-511-17731-3
- 0-511-04110-1
- 0-511-15827-0
- 0-511-30492-7
- 0-511-61368-7
- 0-511-04661-8
- OCLC:
- 559664857
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