|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910791945103321 |
|
|
Autore |
Ashbee Edward |
|
|
Titolo |
The Bush administration, sex and the moral agenda / / Edward Ashbee |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-84779-642-7 |
1-78170-129-6 |
1-84779-203-0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy |
United States Moral conditions |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
United States Social policy 1993- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
9780719072765; 9780719072765; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: the Bush administration,sex and the moral agenda; 1 The rise of the moral agenda and American public opinion; 2 The politics of 'W-ism'; 3 Gay rights, same-sex marriage and AIDS; 4 'Pet your dog . . .':sex education, abstinence and contraception; 5 Obscenity and indecency; 6 'Healthy marriage' and the family; 7 Abortion and the 'culture of life'; 8 Conclusion: the politics of morality,the 2004 presidential election and the Bush legacy; Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The Bush Administration, sex and the moral agenda considers White House policy towards issues such as abortion, sex education, obscenity and same-sex marriage. The book suggests that although accounts have often emphasised the ties between George W. Bush and the Christian right, the administration's strategy was, at least until early 2005, also directed towards the courting of middle ground opinion. This study offers a detailed and comprehensive survey of policy-making; assesses the political significance of moral concerns; evaluates the role of the Christian right, and throws new light on Geo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|