Family, State, and God
Ideologies of the Right-to-Life Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4885559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M J Neitz (0000-0002-7831-542X, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 265 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3711038 |
| OpenAlex | W2408227527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper examines the differences between ideologies of elite and mass publics in the case of the abortion issue. It argues that within the Right-to-Life movement there exists two different conceptual frameworks: a “pro-life” framework advocated by the elite, and a “pro-family” framework advocated by the mass. Using ethnographic data from a Catholic Charismatic prayer group it shows that the pro-family framework demonstrates both range and centrality, but in regard to concerns quite different from those of the elite. These characteristics (range and centrality) have been ascribed to only elite publics by Converse and others who argue that coherent belief systems are the property of informed elites. This paper suggests otherwise: that both elites and mass publics have coherent belief systems although their contents may differ
Centrality · Charisma · Converse · Elite · Epistemology · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Publics · Sociology · State (computer science) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
The Catholic 'Consistent Life Ethic' and Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform
Political structures and interest group activism
Southern Baptists and the New Christian Right
Religion and Opposition to Abortion Reconsidered
The Abortion Controversy
The Abortion Controversy as a Problem in Contemporary American History
The Right to Life Movement
Secularization and the politics of traditionalism
Men and Abortion
The Family, Politics, and Religion in the 1980s
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2001 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |