Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U. S. House of Representatives
Cultural factions are an intrinsic part of the fabric of American politics. But does this mean that there is no room for compromise when groups hold radically different viewpoints on major issues? Not necessarily. For example, in a June 2003 Time/CNN poll, 49% of respondents identified themselves as pro-choice and 46% identified as pro-life. But in the same poll, 81% indicated that abortion should be "always legal" or "sometimes legal," suggesting that "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are not...
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Preface\ Acknowledgements\ Introduction: Guns, Race, and Culture\ 1. Seeing and Believing in the Foreground\ 2. The Culture of Progressive Sexuality\ 3. The Culture of Religious Traditionalism\ 4. Choosing Folkways\ 5. Managing Morality\ 6. Cultural Scuffles and Capitol Hill\ Appendix A: Elite Interview Information\ Appendix B: Variable Specification, Coding, and Description\ Notes\ Bibliography\ Index
