Cultures at war : moral conflicts in western democracies / T. Alexander Smith & Raymond Tatalovich.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2003.Description: 302 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1551113341
  • 9781551113340
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.6/1 21
  • 361.6 Sm67c
LOC classification:
  • JA79 .S57 2003
Other classification:
  • 71.51
  • 89.49
Contents:
Introduction: A new politics for a new century -- Part 1: Raw material for a politics and policy of moral conflict -- Status anxiety and political ideology -- Cultural theory and warring cultures -- Part 2: Morality politics by unconventional means -- Breaking into or breaking apart the political system -- Politicians strike back: legislative restraints on morality policy -- The juridicization of the morality policy process -- Bypassing elites: morality policy by Plebiscite -- Part 3: Uncompromising ends of morality policy -- Building political consensus and the public peace -- Conclusion: morality policy and Democratic governance.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 361.6 Sm67c (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000936439

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.

Introduction: A new politics for a new century -- Part 1: Raw material for a politics and policy of moral conflict -- Status anxiety and political ideology -- Cultural theory and warring cultures -- Part 2: Morality politics by unconventional means -- Breaking into or breaking apart the political system -- Politicians strike back: legislative restraints on morality policy -- The juridicization of the morality policy process -- Bypassing elites: morality policy by Plebiscite -- Part 3: Uncompromising ends of morality policy -- Building political consensus and the public peace -- Conclusion: morality policy and Democratic governance.

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