How Local Governments Govern Culture War Conflicts

This Element rejuvenates research on how local governments respond to culture war conflicts, documenting new fronts in the culture wars and the changing face of local government. It advances new categories of responsiveness scholars and practitioners can employ to understand the roles local governments play in contentious culture war conflicts.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Local Government and Culture Wars: Sharp's Typology of Responses; 3. Conceptualizing Culture War Conflicts; 4. American Local Government Responses to Columbus Day; 5. Australian Local Government Responses to Australia Day; 6. Refining Local Governmental Responses to Culture Wars; 7. Conclusion.

Summary

This Element rejuvenates research on how local governments respond to culture war conflicts, documenting new fronts in the culture wars and the changing face of local government. It advances new categories of responsiveness scholars and practitioners can employ to understand the roles local governments play in contentious culture war conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Busbridge, Mark Chou, Mark Busbridge Chou, Chou Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108811682
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81168-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Public and Nonprof; Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Organizational theory & behaviour, Politics and government, Society and culture: general, Organizational theory and behaviour