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Shaping abortion discourse : democracy and the public sphere in Germany and the United States
- Title
- Shaping abortion discourse : democracy and the public sphere in Germany and the United States / Myra Marx Ferree [and others].
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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- Additional Authors
- Ferree, Myra Marx.
- Description
- xx, 350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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."--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Communication, society, and politics
- Uniform Title
- Communication, society, and politics
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Abortion > Political aspects > Germany
- Abortion > Political aspects > United States
- Abortion > Press coverage > Germany
- Abortion > Press coverage > United States
- Pro-choice movement > Germany
- Pro-choice movement > United States
- Pro-life movement > Germany
- Pro-life movement > United States
- 05.32 public opinion
- Abortion > Political aspects
- Abortion > Press coverage
- Politics and government
- Pro-choice movement
- Pro-life movement
- Berichterstattung
- Internationaler Vergleich
- Medien
- Politische Auseinandersetzung
- Politische Kommunikation
- Schwangerschaftsabbruch
- Öffentliche Meinung
- Öffentlichkeit
- Abortus provocatus
- Debatten
- Massamedia
- Avortament > Dret i legislació
- Germany > Politics and government > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 20th century
- Germany
- United States
- Deutschland
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.
- Contents
- PART I: INTRODUCTION: Two related stories -- Historical context -- Methods -- PART II: MAJOR OUTCOMES: The discursive opportunity structure -- Standing -- Framing -- PART III: REPRESENTING DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES: Representing women's claims -- Representing religious claims -- Representing the tradition of the left -- PART IV: THE QUALITY OF ABORTION DISCOURSE: Normative criteria for the public sphere -- Measuring the quality of discourse -- Metatalk -- Lessons for democracy and the public sphere -- Methodological appendix.
- ISBN
- 052179045X
- 9780521790451
- 052179384X
- 9780521793841
- LCCN
- 2001037366
- OCLC
- ocm47081355
- 47081355
- SCSB-1266686
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library