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Abortion and American Politics by Barbara Hinkson Craig and David M. O′Brien (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCQ Press
ISBN-100934540896
ISBN-139780934540896
eBay Product ID (ePID)795169
Product Key Features
Number of Pages382 Pages
Publication NameAbortion and American Politics
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial Work, Gender & the Law
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Social Science
AuthorBarbara Hinkson Craig, David M. O′Brien
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN92-041395
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentRoe v Wade, the Burger Court, and American politics; interest activities after Roe - the mobilization of conflict; a reluctant Congress and the abortion controversy; abortion and presidential politics; the states and the abortion politics - from Roe to Webster; the tide turns - the Rehnquist Court and Webster v Reproductive Health Services; public opinion and abortion - what the polls show; abortion and national politics after Webster; abortion and state politics after Webster; abortion and the courts after Webster.
SynopsisHow the deeply divisive abortion controversy has played out on state and national levels during the past two decades provides an illustrative portrait, even if in some ways a disappointing reflection, of the operation of American government and politics. In Abortion and American Politics, Barbara H. Craig and David M. O'Brien tell the story of this explosive social issue, from the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, through the years of grass-roots activism and public debate that led to the de-turning 1989 decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and to the no less controversial 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. Against the background of ambiguities of public opinion polls, the authors trace the strategic maneuvering of interest groups in bringing litigation and in pushing for legislation and executive action. And they underscore the prospects for further changes in the national debate over abortion with the Clinton administration's policies and its judicial appointees. Without attempting to resolve the abortion controversy or to advocate one or another position, Craig and O'Brien present a comprehensive analysis of the complex interaction of interest groups, the states, the courts, Congress, and the president and the executive branch. As a case study of institutional conflict over public policy, Abortion and American Politics demonstrates the enduring vitality of the Founders' vision of a system of constitutional politics that allows for incremental change as a means to ensure stability in the face of unyielding social controversy., Abortion, the great moral, legal and political controversy of our generation is analyzed in the context of its effects on American political institutions. The authors, both public law scholars, reveal how abortion issues have changed the American presidency, the Congress, the courts, interest groups, and state politics. The discussion of the evolution of the abortion issue includes analyses of the Roe v Wade decision of 22 January 1973 and Webster v Reproductive Health Services decision. It traces the history of these Supreme Court decision and reveals the pivotal role they have played in the legal and political history of abortion in the United States., "Although it almost certainly wont get much credit for it, this is a near-perfect example of that rara avis , the impartial report on a white-hot public issue. Each chapter is full of meanigful quotation and value-neutral elucidation, and each is written in a rainwater-clear prose that makes the book nonpareil for learning what, in terms of law and public policy, abortion in the U.S. is all about." - ALA Booklist, "Although it almost certainly won't get much credit for it, this is a near-perfect example of that rara avis , the impartial report on a white-hot public issue. Each chapter is full of meanigful quotation and value-neutral elucidation, and each is written in a rainwater-clear prose that makes the book nonpareil for learning what, in terms of law and public policy, abortion in the U.S. is all about." - ALA Booklist
LC Classification NumberHQ767.5.U5
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