000463770 000__ 03134cam\a2200349\a\4500 000463770 001__ 463770 000463770 005__ 20210513162312.0 000463770 008__ 060630s2007\\\\dcua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000463770 010__ $$a 2006021812 000463770 020__ $$a9780872892989 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000463770 020__ $$a0872892980 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000463770 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm70630326 000463770 035__ $$a463770 000463770 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBAKER$$dTTU$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dSBM$$dDEBBG$$dOCLCQ$$dFPB$$dTUU$$dISE 000463770 043__ $$an-us--- 000463770 049__ $$aISEA 000463770 05000 $$aHN90.S62$$bB74 2006 000463770 08200 $$a324.273/13$$222 000463770 1001_ $$aBrewer, Mark D. 000463770 24510 $$aSplit :$$bclass and cultural divides in American politics /$$cMark D. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Stonecash. 000463770 2463_ $$aClass and cultural divides in American politics 000463770 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bCQ Press,$$cc2007. 000463770 300__ $$axvi, 224 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm. 000463770 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index. 000463770 5050_ $$aDivisions in American Politics -- The Central Issues-Class and Culture -- Why Interpretations Matter -- The Puzzling State of Interpretations -- The Concerns and Plan of the Book -- Inequality and Opportunity in America: Growing Differences -- By the Numbers: Trends in Income and Wealth Inequality -- Inequality and the Lives of Americans -- Interpreting Inequality -- Conclusion -- Parties and Policy Proposals on Class Issues -- Increased Party Differences -- Taxes: Battles over Revenues and Who Pays -- Battles over Programs -- Social Security, Private Markets, and Redistribution Issues -- Summary -- Class Divides in the American Public -- The Public's Perceptions of Inequality -- The Public's Perceptions of the Parties -- The Emergence of Class Divisions -- Limits on Class Divisions in American Society -- The Political Debate about Inequality -- The Importance of Short-Term Events -- Conclusion -- The Rise of Cultural Issues: Trends and Developments in American Society -- Religion in Schools -- Sex Education -- Sex in Popular Media -- Abortion -- The Role of Women in Society -- The American Family -- Homosexual Rights -- Summary -- Party and Policy Proposals on Cultural Issues -- Party Platforms -- Congressional Action -- Presidential Politics -- Conclusion -- Cultural Divides in the American Public -- Mass Recognition of Elite Changes -- Cultural Issues and Electoral Behavior -- Religion, Cultural Issues, and American Electoral Behavior -- Conclusion -- The Dual Divisions of Class and Culture -- A More Conservative Nation? -- Concern with Economic Issues -- Adding New Issues to Existing Ones -- Class, Views on Abortion, and Voting Pattern Dynamics -- Class, Views on Gays, and Voting Pattern Dynamics -- Opposing Interpretations -- Endnotes -- Index. 000463770 650_0 $$aClass consciousness$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States. 000463770 650_0 $$aSocial conflict$$zUnited States. 000463770 650_0 $$aCulture conflict$$zUnited States. 000463770 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xSocial conditions$$y21st century. 000463770 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2001-2009. 000463770 7001_ $$aStonecash, Jeffrey M. 000463770 85200 $$bgen$$hHN90.S62$$iB74$$i2006 000463770 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006021812.html 000463770 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:463770$$pGLOBAL_SET 000463770 980__ $$aBIB 000463770 980__ $$aBOOK