Culture wars
By: Mitchell Young, book editor.
Contributors: Young, Mitchell.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press ; Thomson/Gale; Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780737737554; 9780737737561
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States; Social problems -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Social life and customs; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: How does the culture war affect politics in the United States? American politics are divided by culture / Robert Reich ; Political division masks cultural agreement in the United States / Jonathan Rauch ; Rich elitists seek to impose their values on traditional America / Domenick Maglio ; Conservative politicians encourage resentment against liberal policy makers / David A. Horowitz; title: Is there a culture war between believers and humanists? Humanists have expelled Christianity from the classroom / David Limbaugh ; Conflicts over prayer in schools are deeply rooted  in American history / Jonathan Zimmerman ; Conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei thrives on culture war / Rob Boston ; State neutrality allows peaceful coexistence between the religious and nonbelievers / Thomas W. Clark ; Advocates promote a new type of creationism as scientific / Barbara Forrest and Glenn Branch ; The law requires the teaching of critiques of Darwinism / David K. DeWolf and Seth L. Cooper; title: Is the culture war going global? Religious conservatives find common ground in the culture war / Cristina Odone ; Secularism and Islam challenge traditional Christian culture in Europe / George Weigel ; Population decline may make conservatives culture war victors / Stanley Kurtz ; Secular-progressives hinder America's efforts in the war on terror / Bill O'Reilly ; Conservatives use the war on terror to advance their political agenda / Tom De Luca and John Buell; title: Is the culture war a matter of economics? Conservative politicians use the culture war to mask economic problems / Thomas Frank ; Working Americans value both self-reliance and community / David Callahan ; Unbridled capitalism leads to cultural decay in the United States / Neal Wood ; Conservatives must look beyond free market values / Rod Dreher ; Free-market culture gives people the liberty they crave / Charles Paul Freund ; There is a culture war over the countryside / Roger Scruton.