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Diversity and its discontents : cultural conflict and common ground in contemporary American society /

Never before has the legitimacy of a dominant American culture been so hotly contested as over the past two decades. Familiar terms such as culture wars, multiculturalism, moral majority, and family values all suggest a society fragmented by the issue of cultural diversity. So does any social solida...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smelser, Neil J., Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: SOURCES OF CULTURAL CONFLICT
  • CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The Ideological Discourse of Cultural Discontent
  • CHAPTER TWO The Culture of Discontent
  • PART TWO: HOW MUCH HAS REALLY CHANGED
  • CHAPTER THREE Cultural Responses to Immigration
  • CHAPTER FOUR Preserving the Republic by Educating Republicans
  • CHAPTER FIVE Racial Issues: Recent Trends in Residential Patterns and Intermarriage
  • CHAPTER SIX Immigration, Opportunity, and Social Cohesion
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Family Change and Family Diversity
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Contesting the Moral Boundaries of Eros
  • PART THREE: SOCIAL CHANGE AND NEW FORMS OF SOCIAL CONNECTION
  • CHAPTER NINE Multiple Markets: Multiple Cultures
  • CHAPTER TEN Uncommon Values, Diversity, and Conflict in City Life
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Changes in the Civic Role of Religion
  • PART FOUR: RETHINKING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY
  • CHAPTER TWELVE National Culture and Communities of Descent
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN Does Voluntary Association Make Democracy Work
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN Civil Society and the Politics of Identity and Difference in a Global Context
  • INDEX