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Why do so many Americans fail to participate in their communities' affairs? What role should the citizenry play in our political system? In addressing these concerns, this revised and updated text evaluates the dilemma of participation, civility, and stability at a time when civic indifference is a national problem. In addition to outlining the sources of this indifference, The New Citizenship suggests ways in which Americans can conquer their apathy toward government.In this fourth edition, author and Dilemmas in American Politics series editor Craig A. Rimmerman provides new material on ACORN, the 2008 presidential election, the Obama presidency, and the impact of these recent events for college students and their conceptions of participation and citizenship.
Throughout their relatively short history, lesbian and gay movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over whether to embrace assimilationist or liberationist strategies. The Lesbian and Gay Movements explores this dilemma in both contemporary and historical contexts, describing the sources of these conflicts, to what extent the conflicts have been resolved, and how they might be resolved in future. Rimmerman also tackles the challenging issue of what constitutes movement 'effectiveness' and how 'effective' the assimilationist and liberationist strategies have been in three contentious policy arenas: the military ban, same-sex marriage, and AIDS. Considerable attention is devoted to how policy elites (presidents, federal and state legislatures, courts) have responded to the movements' grievances.Since the publication of the first edition in 2007, there have been enormous changes in the landscape of lesbian and gay movements and rights. The thoroughly revised second edition includes updated discussion of LGBT movements' undertakings in, as well the Obama administration's response to, AIDS/HIV policy, the fight to legalize same-sex marriage and overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, and the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.
The book evaluates service-learning within the context of a liberal arts education from a variety of disciplines. Contributors have written chapters that have practical appeal to other teachers and students interested in developing their own service-learning courses and connecting those courses to broader issues of citizenship and democracy.
Throughout their relatively short history, lesbian and gay
movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over
whether to embrace assimilationist or liberationist strategies.
"The Lesbian and Gay Movements" explores this dilemma in both
contemporary and historical contexts, describing the sources of
these conflicts, to what extent the conflicts have been resolved,
and how they might be resolved in future. Rimmerman also tackles
the challenging issue of what constitutes movement "effectiveness"
and how "effective" the assimilationist and liberationist
strategies have been in three contentious policy arenas: the
military ban, same-sex marriage, and AIDS. Considerable attention
is devoted to how policy elites--presidents, federal and state
legislatures, courts--have responded to the movements' grievances.
First Published in 1996. From 1980 to 1990 nearly 17,000 service members were discharged from the military because of their homosexuality. This book places the debate of homosexual military service in its historical, theoretical, and political context. Timely and compelling, with all the court options in the highly published cases of Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Gay Rights, Military Wrongs, reports on the state of prejudice and discrimination facing today's homosexual military personnel and their prospects for future equality.
Why do so many Americans fail to participate in their communities' affairs? What role should the citizenry play in our political system? In addressing these concerns, this revised and updated text evaluates the dilemma of participation, civility, and stability at a time when civic indifference is a national problem. In addition to outlining the sources of this indifference, The New Citizenship suggests ways in which Americans can conquer their apathy toward government. In this fourth edition, author and Dilemmas in American Politics series editor Craig A. Rimmerman provides new material on ACORN, the 2008 presidential election, the Obama presidency, and the impact of these recent events for college students and their conceptions of participation and citizenship.
Few issues in American politics inspire such passion as that of
civil rights for gays and lesbians. In this group of original
essays, scholars and activists writing from a number of different
perspectives provide a comprehensive overview of this heated
debate. Contributors thoroughly investigate the politics of the gay
and lesbian movement, beginning with its political organizations
and tactics. The essays also address the strategies and ideology of
conservative opposition groups, such as the Christian Right. They
focus on key issues for public policy, including gays and lesbians
openly serving in the military, anti-discrimination laws, and the
ongoing crisis of AIDS. The book ends with chapters that discuss
the ways in which the political struggle for gay rights has played
out in various arenas--in Congress, in the courts, in state and
local governments, and in electoral politics.
Same-sex marriage emerged in 2004 as one of the hottest issues of
the campaign season. But in a severe blow to gay rights advocates,
all eleven states that had the issue on the ballot passed
amendments banning the practice, and the subject soon dropped off
the media's radar. This pattern of waxing and waning in the public
eye has characterized the debate over same-sex marriage since 1996
and the passing of the Defense of Marriage Act. Since then, court
rulings and local legislatures have kept the issue alive in the
political sphere, and conservatives and gay rights advocates have
made the issue a key battlefield in the culture wars.
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