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In Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights, Paul R. Brewer looks at how the public debate about gay rights has shaped public opinion and conversely how public opinion has shaped the public debate about gay rights. Using a variety of methods, including polls, experimentation, and content analysis, he shows how the nature of public debate—which encompasses news stories, television sitcoms, presidential speeches, and sermons by local clergy—has influenced what and how Americans think about gay rights. He also shows how public opinion has created opportunities and obstacles for foes and advocates of gay rights by defining the very terms and boundaries of the public debate.
Brewer's analysis not only sheds new light on how the politics of gay rights has evolved in recent years and may evolve in the future, it also illuminates the broader tensions in American politics, from the culture war over social issues to the struggle over civil rights.
Contents
Chapter 1 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 2. Public Opinion about Gay Rights
Chapter 3 3. Whose Rights? Public Opinion about Gays, Lesbians, and Homosexuality
Chapter 4 4. From the Podium and the Pulpit: Opinion Leadership and Gay Rights
Chapter 5 5. Using Values to Frame Gay Rights: Traditional Morals, Equal Rights, or Special Rights?
Chapter 6 6. The Foundations of Opinion about Gay Rights: Changes over Time, Differences across Contexts
Chapter 7 7. The Meanings of Public Opinion about Gay Rights
Chapter 8 Appendix A: The Pooled 2003-2004 Pew Research Center Surveys
Chapter 9 Appendix B: The 1993 ANES Pilot Study and the 2003 October Pew Survey
Chapter 10 Appendix C: Content Analysis Procedure
Chapter 11 Appendix D: The 1999 Experiment
Chapter 12 Appendix E: The 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 American National Election Studies
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
