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Shaping Abortion Discourse

Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States

Dieter Rucht author Myra Marx Ferree author Jürgen Gerhards author William Anthony Gamson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Sep '02

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This book compares the political process and role of the media using controversy over abortion.

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.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.

'I recommend Shaping Abortion Discourse to others interested in finding new ways to question our assumptions about the role the media plays in democratic public life.' Mobilization

ISBN: 9780521793841

Dimensions: 227mm x 155mm x 20mm

Weight: 520g

372 pages