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Abortion Politics in the United States and Canada Studies in Public Opinion
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Ted G. Jelen, Marthe A. Chandler
Book Code: C4561
ISBN: 0-275-94561-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94561-9
232 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/1994
List Price: $57.95 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ....specialists will likely by it...essays can profit the general reader as well.
    —
    The Canadian Catholic Review
Description: This edited collection examines various aspects of the explosive abortion issue in the United States and Canada. In both countries, decisions of the national supreme court have made access to legal abortion easier than had previously been the case. This volume looks at the aftermath of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. and Morgantaler v. Regina in Canada. Individual chapters deal with the rhetoric of public discourse, public opinion at the mass level, political reasoning on the part of religious and pro-life activists, and the role of religion in political socialization on the abortion issue. Methodologically, the volume includes survey research, content analysis, participant observation, and political theory. The list of contributors includes some of the leading political scientists and sociologists working in the field.
Table of Contents:
  • The Body in Late Capitalism: An Introductory Sketch by John H. Simpson
  • Seeking a Sociologically Correct Name for Abortion Opponents by James R. Kelly
  • The Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values in American Society and within Religious Subgroups by Joseph B. Tamney, Stephen D. Johnson, and Ronald Burton
  • Abortion and the Popular Press: Mapping Media Discourse From Roe to Webster by Laura Grindstaff
  • "Where's the Land of Happy?" Individual Meaning and Collective Antiabortion Activism by Carol J. C. Maxwell
  • Cut From the Whole Cloth: Antiabortion Mobilization among Religious Activists by James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Corwin E. Smidt, and John C. Green
  • Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion by Marthe A. Chandler, Elizabeth Adell Cook, Ted G. Jelen, and Clyde Wilcox
  • The Structure of Attitudes toward Body Issues in the American and Canadian Populations: An Elementary Analysis by John H. Simpson
  • Attitudes toward Abortion and Capital Punishment: Prolife, Prochoice, Seamless Garment, and Inconsistency by Bradley R. Hertel
  • Conclusion: The Future of the Abortion Debate by Ted G. Jelen
LC Card Number: 93-43074
LCC Class: HQ767
Dewey Class: 363.4
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