Culture Wars in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide (Documentary and Reference Guides)

Utter, Glenn H.

ISBN 10: 0313350388 / ISBN 13: 9780313350382

Published by Greenwood, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Culture Wars in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide (Documentary and Reference Guides)
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313350388
• ISBN 13: 9780313350382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 2.95 pounds

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Synopsis

This comprehensive documentary report on the cultural and political state of the union explores the flashpoints of the debate over American identity and values.

Culture Wars in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide places the most hotly debated issues in American society in historical context. With this book in hand, the reader can more effectively evaluate the potential social and political significance of these important conflicts.

Americans have never found it easy to reconcile their differences, even while sometimes achieving a remarkable unity of purpose. Although we pride ourselves on pluralism, we struggle to find common ground on our most essential principles. Since the 1980s, events covered in this volume have increased the questioning of traditional religious values, continuing immigration and globalization, the liberalization of social mores, and differing understandings of the nation's role in a post-Cold War world. Increased partisan conflict over these issues has dominated American domestic politics and policymaking. The primary source documents collected and analyzed here reflect all of these trends, while fairly representing the contending positions that shape our contemporary political reality.

About the Author

Glenn H. Utter is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA. His areas of instruction include American government and politics and classical and contemporary political thought. Dr. Utter received his B.A. in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton, his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his M.A. in philosophy from the University of London (Bedford College). Dr. Utter has authored the books Campaign and Election Reform (ABC-CLIO, 2008) and The Religious Right: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2001). He also co-edited American Political Scientists: A Dictionary (Greenwood, 2002).