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Culture wars and local politics
- Title
- Culture wars and local politics / edited by Elaine B. Sharp.
- Publication
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HN59.2 .C83 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sharp, Elaine B.
- Description
- 250 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Contains eleven essays that examine instances in which local politicians have been called to act upon disputes grounded in moral concerns, such as abortion rights, conflicts over sexual orientation issues, hate crime, and others.
- Series Statement
- Studies in government and public policy
- Uniform Title
- Studies in government and public policy
- Subject
- Since 1980
- Politics and culture > United States
- Social values > Political aspects > United States
- Local government > United States
- Municipal government > United States
- Local government
- Municipal government
- Politics and culture
- Social policy
- Social values > Political aspects
- Sozialer Konflikt
- Wertordnung
- Aufsatzsammlung
- United States > Social policy > 1980-1993
- United States > Social policy > 1993-
- United States
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Elaine B. Sharp -- Abortion conflicts and city governments : negotiating coexistence in South Carolina / Laura R. Woliver -- Ideas, interests, and institutions shaping abortion politics in Denver / Susan E. Clarke -- Regime change and gay and lesbian politics in four New York cities / Donald B. Rosenthal -- The politics of gay rights legislation / James W. Button, Kenneth D. Wald, and Barbara A. Rienzo -- Conflicts over sexual orientation issues in the schools / Barbara A. Rienzo, James W. Button, and Kenneth D. Wald -- San Francisco and domestic partners : new fields of battle in the culture war / Richard DeLeon -- Values in conflict : local government response to hate crime / Donald P. Haider-Markel and Sean P. O'Brien -- Fred Phelps versus Topeka / Rick Musser -- The politics of needle exchange / David L. Kirp and Ronald Bayer -- Moral principles of local officials and the resolution of culture war issues / Paul Schumaker -- Conclusion / Elaine B. Sharp.
- ISBN
- 0700609350
- 9780700609352
- 0700609369
- 9780700609369
- LCCN
- 98045634
- OCLC
- ocm39951751
- 39951751
- SCSB-9003447
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library