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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Smelser, Neil J., Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
1980-2020
Cultural pluralism > United States.
Culture conflict > United States.
Social values > United States.
Postmodernism > Social aspects > United States.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis.
Conflit culturel > États-Unis.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis.
Postmodernisme > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Cultural pluralism
Culture conflict
Postmodernism > Social aspects
Social conditions
Social values
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Kulturkonflikt
Kulturkonflikt > Multikulturelle Gesellschaft > USA > Aufsatzsammlung.
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft > Kulturkonflikt > USA > Aufsatzsammlung.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States
USA
USA > Kulturkonflikt > Multikulturelle Gesellschaft > Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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