Shaping abortion discourse : democracy and the public sphere in Germany and the United States / Myra Marx Ferree [and others].

Contributor(s):

Ferree, Myra Marx

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Communication, society, and politicsPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 350 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511046618
9780511046612
0511158270
9780511158278
9780521790451
052179045X
0511041101
9780511041105
9786610429875
6610429871
9780521793841
052179384X
9780511613685
0511613687

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shaping abortion discourse.DDC classification:

363.46/0943 21

LOC classification:

HQ767.5.G3 S53 2002eb

Other classification:

05.32
MG 15150
MG 70150
MS 1960

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Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION: Two related stories -- Historical context -- Methods -- PART II: MAJOR OUTCOMES: The discursive opportunity structure -- Standing -- Framing -- PART III: REPRESENTING DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES: Representing women's claims -- Representing religious claims -- Representing the tradition of the left -- PART IV: THE QUALITY OF ABORTION DISCOURSE: Normative criteria for the public sphere -- Measuring the quality of discourse -- Metatalk -- Lessons for democracy and the public sphere -- Methodological appendix.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.

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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.

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