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Public Opinion in the United States - Studies of Race, Religion, Gender, and Issues That Matter (Paperback)
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Public Opinion in the United States - Studies of Race, Religion, Gender, and Issues That Matter (Paperback)
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Public Opinion in the United States tracks developments in American
society since World War II through the lens of public opinion. The
authors assess national public opinion poll data from 1945 to 2008,
targeting opinions about African Americans, Jews, Muslim Americans,
gays and lesbians, immigration, abortion, and affirmative action.
The authors consider whether American attitudes have developed
faster than Supreme Court decisions in the areas surveyed. They
assess how social change is processed by the public, how people
responded to the race riots of the 1950s and 1960s, and how the war
in Vietnam shaped new perspectives on issues such as race,
citizenship rights, and the role of the individual. Each chapter
begins by introducing the political, social, or international
events that were critical in setting the stage for influencing
public opinion in each decade since World War II. The volume
provides a unique portrait of American society and how it has
changed over the last sixty plus years. The reader will learn
whether Americans are more or less prejudiced against blacks, Jews,
and Muslims than they were in earlier years; whether their views on
immigration, affirmative action, and abortion have changed; and
when views have changed, in what direction. Do men and women, rich
and poor, more and less educated, secular versus religious share
the same views? And if there are differences, what directions do
those differences take? Th is work describes American society in
2008 compared to the post-World War II era, and it offers stunning
glimpses at the future.
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