Guns and Values - Individualism in the American Gun Debate (1st ed. 2023)

The American gun control debate is best understood as a battle in a war over the influence of individualism on American culture, politics, and policy. This book demonstrates that the gun debate is fundamentally about values. Specifically, it is about what we value most: private rights, or the public good. This helps explain why the technical, empirical, or legalistic arguments we hear aren’t persuasive. A review of scholarly literature on both the politics of gun control and American political culture finds an American bias toward an individualism that embraces personal rights. We argue that this bias stacks the deck against gun control. Interviews we conducted with activists show that support for, or opposition to, gun control is linked to concern for the public, or private, good. Finally, we trace the federal gun control debate in Washington from the 1960s to 2010s to show the ebbs and flows of individualism’s influence.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Dylan S. McLean • Anthony K. Fleming
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Pages:	231
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-137173-8
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	3-03-137173-9
Barcode:	9783031371738

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