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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450499203321

Autore

Ferree Myra Marx

Titolo

Shaping abortion discourse : democracy and the public sphere in Germany and the United States / / Myra Marx Ferree [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Communication, society and politics

Disciplina

363.46/0943

Soggetti

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

Germany Politics and government 20th century

United States Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.