Value War - Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights

Informationen zum Autor Paul R. Brewer is associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin _Milwaukee. Klappentext In Value War, Paul R. Brewer looks at how the public debate about gay rights has shaped public opinion and conversely how public opinion has shaped the public debate about gay rights. Zusammenfassung In Value War! Paul R. Brewer looks at how the public debate about gay rights has shaped public opinion and conversely how public opinion has shaped the public debate about gay rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 1. Introduction Chapter 2 2. Public Opinion about Gay Rights Chapter 3 3. Whose Rights? Public Opinion about Gays, Lesbians, and Homosexuality Chapter 4 4. From the Podium and the Pulpit: Opinion Leadership and Gay Rights Chapter 5 5. Using Values to Frame Gay Rights: Traditional Morals, Equal Rights, or Special Rights? Chapter 6 6. The Foundations of Opinion about Gay Rights: Changes over Time, Differences across Contexts Chapter 7 7. The Meanings of Public Opinion about Gay Rights Chapter 8 Appendix A: The Pooled 2003-2004 Pew Research Center Surveys Chapter 9 Appendix B: The 1993 ANES Pilot Study and the 2003 October Pew Survey Chapter 10 Appendix C: Content Analysis Procedure Chapter 11 Appendix D: The 1999 Experiment Chapter 12 Appendix E: The 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 American National Election Studies Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Index

Product details

• Authors: Paul R. Brewer, Paul Ryan Brewer, Brewer Paul R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2007
• EAN: 9780742562110
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-6211-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies