Scott Melzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Melzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Melzer |
| SIGNATURE | MELZER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Albion College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Ties That Bind
Right and Far-Right Moral Politics
Frontier Masculinity, America’s “Gun Culture,” and the NRA
Under Attack
Framing Threats to Gun Rights
Why a Gun Movement?
The Politics of Commitment
Epilogue
Fighting the Culture Wars
Guns across America
Gun Crusaders
Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, l…
Constructing Threat and Appropriating 'Civil Rights
Using a grounded theory method, we analyze the framing strategies of organizational leaders of the gun rights and English Only movements. Although we find greater variability in the framing strategies of English Only leaders, leaders of both movements mobilize fear by rhetorically constructing moral threats to American society in ways that draw on, and uphold, the ideals and practices of dominant social groups. In doing so, they appeal to their c…
Gender, Work, and Intimate Violence
Researchers have rarely studied the effects of occupations on intimate violence, only occasionally distinguishing between blue-collar and white-collar work, and generally finding higher rates of reported abuse in the former group. This research incorporates ideas from feminist, work-family, and power or resource theories to examine the potential effects of occupations on men's violence toward wives and cohabiting female partners. Data from the 19…
Gender, Work, and Intimate Violence
Researchers have rarely studied the effects of occupations on intimate violence, only occasionally distinguishing between blue-collar and white-collar work, and generally finding higher rates of reported abuse in the former group. This research incorporates ideas from feminist, work-family, and power or resource theories to examine the potential effects of occupations on men's violence toward wives and cohabiting female partners. Data from the 19…
Constructing Threat and Appropriating 'Civil Rights
Using a grounded theory method, we analyze the framing strategies of organizational leaders of the gun rights and English Only movements. Although we find greater variability in the framing strategies of English Only leaders, leaders of both movements mobilize fear by rhetorically constructing moral threats to American society in ways that draw on, and uphold, the ideals and practices of dominant social groups. In doing so, they appeal to their c…
Guns across America
Gender, Work, and Intimate Violence
Researchers have rarely studied the effects of occupations on intimate violence, only occasionally distinguishing between blue-collar and white-collar work, and generally finding higher rates of reported abuse in the former group. This research incorporates ideas from feminist, work-family, and power or resource theories to examine the potential effects of occupations on men's violence toward wives and cohabiting female partners. Data from the 19…
Constructing Threat and Appropriating 'Civil Rights
Using a grounded theory method, we analyze the framing strategies of organizational leaders of the gun rights and English Only movements. Although we find greater variability in the framing strategies of English Only leaders, leaders of both movements mobilize fear by rhetorically constructing moral threats to American society in ways that draw on, and uphold, the ideals and practices of dominant social groups. In doing so, they appeal to their c…
Gun Crusaders
Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, l…
Guns across America
The Ties That Bind
Right and Far-Right Moral Politics
Frontier Masculinity, America’s “Gun Culture,” and the NRA
Under Attack
Framing Threats to Gun Rights
Why a Gun Movement?
The Politics of Commitment
Epilogue
Fighting the Culture Wars
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (2 works)