The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada Contributor(s): Schwartz, Mildred A. (Author), Tatalovich, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442628839 ISBN-13: 9781442628830 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
Dewey: 306.097 |
LCCN: 2017655178 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A. Schwartz and political scientist Raymond Tatalovich bring their disciplinary insights to the study of moral issues. Beginning with prohibition, Schwartz and Tatalovich trace the phases of its evolution from emergence, establishment, decline and resurgence, to resolution. Prohibition's life history generates a series of hypotheses about how passage through each of the phases affected subsequent developments and how these were shaped by the political institutions and social character of the United States and Canada. Using the history of prohibition in North America as a point of reference, the authors move on to address the anticipated progression and possible resolution of six contemporary moral issues: abortion, capital punishment, gun control, marijuana, pornography, and same-sex relations. Schwartz and Tatalovich build a new theoretical approach by drawing on scholarship on agenda-setting, mass media, social movements, and social problems. The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts provides new insights into how moral conflicts develop and interact with their social and political environment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schwartz, Mildred A.: - Mildred A. Schwartz is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago and visiting scholar, New York University. Tatalovich, Raymond: - Raymond Tatalovich is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. |