Diversity and its discontents : cultural conflict and common ground in contemporary American society / edited by Neil J. Smelser and Jeffrey C. Alexander
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- 1448685
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999
- viii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 0691004366 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
- 0691004374 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
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- Pt. 1. Introduction: Sources of Cultural Conflict. Ch. 1. Introduction: The Ideological Discourse of Cultural Discontent: Paradoxes, Realities, and Alternative Ways of Thinking / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Neil J. Smelser. Ch. 2. The Culture of Discontent: Democratic Liberalism and the Challenge of Diversity in Late-Twentieth-Century America / Robert Wuthnow
- Pt. 2. How Much has Really Changed? Ch. 3. Cultural Responses to Immigration / John Higham. Ch. 4. Preserving the Republic by Educating Republicans / David Tyack. Ch. 5. Racial Issues: Recent Trends in Residential Patterns and Intermarriage / Reynolds Farley. Ch. 6. Immigration, Opportunity, and Social Cohesion / Marta Tienda. Ch. 7. Family Change and Family Diversity / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. Ch. 8. Contesting the Moral Boundaries of Eros: A Perspective on the Cultural Politics of Sexuality in the Late-Twentieth-Century United States / Steven Seidman
- Pt. 3. Social Change and New Forms of Social Connection.
- Ch. 9. Multiple Markets: Multiple Cultures / Viviana A. Zelizer. Ch. 10. Uncommon Values, Diversity, and Conflict in City Life / Claude S. Fischer. Ch. 11. Changes in the Civic Role of Religion / R. Stephen Warner
- Pt. 4. Rethinking Diversity and Social Solidarity. Ch. 12. National Culture and Communities of Descent / David A. Hollinger. Ch. 13. Does Voluntary Association Make Democracy Work? / Jean L. Cohen. Ch. 14. Civil Society and the Politics of Identity and Difference in a Global Context / Seyla Benhabib.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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