Diversity and Its Discontents : : Cultural Conflict and Common Ground in Contemporary American Society / / ed. by Neil J. Smelser, Jeffrey C. Alexander.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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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