Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States (Communication, Society and Politics)

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 Germany and the U.S., 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.

Business & Money

Ferree, Myra Marx

Gerhards, Jürgen

Rucht, Dieter

Gamson, William Anthony

Economics

Cambridge University Press

<p>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 Germany and the U.S., 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.</p>

Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest, at least in the last few decades, seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. Contributors to this volume examine how and why this is the case and argue that although problems such as poverty, hunger, and violations of democratic rights may have been reduced in advanced Western societies, a variety of other problems and opportunities have emerged and multiplied the reasons and possibilities for protest. Acts of Dissent: New Developments in the Study of Protest examines some of those problems, progressing from methodological issues, to discussions of the part that the mass media plays in protest, finally to several case studies of protests in different contexts.

Acts of Dissent: New Developments in the Study of Protest

Politics & Social Sciences

Koopmans, Ruud

Niedhardt, Friedhelm

Philosophy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Acts of Dissent

Liberale und deliberative Modelle politischer Öffentlichkeit formulieren unterschiedliche Gütekriterien im Hinblick auf die Zwecke und die Bedingungen öffentlicher Kommunikation. Auf der Basis einer systematischen Inhaltsanalyse von zwei Tageszeitungen und einer Befragung von kollektiven Akteuren prüfen die Autoren am Beispiel der Abtreibungsdebatte und in welchem Maße die Öffentlichkeit der Bundesrepublik den Normvorstellungen liberaler oder deliberativer Modelle nahekommt. Darüber hinaus formulieren und prüfen sie Erklärungen für ihre deskriptiven Befunde: Aufgrund welcher Bedingungen werden Erwartungen an Öffentlichkeit und öffentliche Meinungsbildung tatsächlich erfüllt oder nicht erfüllt? Welche Besonderheiten öffentlicher Kommunikation bestimmen die Auswahl der Akteure, die zu Wort kommen, das Diskursniveau ihrer Argumente und die Qualitäten dessen, was "öffentliche Meinung" darstellt?

Zwischen Palaver und Diskurs: Strukturen öffentlicher Meinungsbildung am Beispiel der deutschen Diskussion zur Abtreibung (German Edition)

Neidhardt, Friedhelm

Sociology

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

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