Mildred A Schwartz, Raymond Tatalovich

The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using the history of prohibition in North America as a point of reference, Schwartz and Tatalovich address the anticipated progression and possible resolution of six contemporary moral issues: abortion, capital punishment, gun control, marijuana, pornography, and same-sex relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781442628830
• ISBN-10: 1442628839
• Artikelnr.: 49443190

Autorenporträt

Mildred A. Schwartz is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago and visiting scholar, New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why Moral Conflicts Matter
2. The Example of Prohibition
3. Issue Portraits
4. The Context of Moral Conflicts
5. The Emergence of Moral Conflicts
6. Establishment
7. Continuity, Decline, Resurgence
8. The Resolution of Moral Conflicts
9. The Phases of Moral Conflicts