Edward Ashbee

The Bush administration, sex and the moral agenda (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the White House's approach towards issues such as abortion, sex education, obscenity, and same-sex marriage. It not only offers an account of policy-making but assesses the role of the Christian right, evaluates the political significance of moral concerns, and throws new light on George W. Bush's years in office.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847796424
• Artikelnr.: 44054372

Autorenporträt

Edward Ashbee is Associate Professor at the Center for the Study of the Americas, Copenhagen Business School

Inhaltsangabe

1. The rise of the moral agenda and American public opinion 2. The politics
of 'W-ism' 3. Gay rights, same-sex marriage and AIDS 4. 'Pet your dog ..':
sex education and contraception 5. Obscenity and indecency 6. Building
'healthy' marriages 7. Abortion and the 'culture of life' 8. Conclusion:
the politics of morality, the 2004 presidential election and the Bush
legacy