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  • Klein, Ethel  (1)
  • Lipset, Seymour Martin  (1)
  • Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press  (2)
  • Politik  (2)
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    Jews and the New American Scene (1995)
    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
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    ISBN: 9780674424449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii,239p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.892/4073
    Keywords: Jews / United States / Identity ; Jews / United States / Social conditions ; Jews / United States / Politics and government ; Juifs / États-Unis / Conditions sociales ; Juifs / États-Unis / Identité collective ; Jews / Identity ; Jews / Politics and government ; Jews / Social conditions ; Juden ; Politik ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Joden ; Culturele identiteit ; Identität ; Juifs - États-Unis - Conditions sociales ; Juifs - États-Unis - Identité collective ; Ethnic relations ; Identität ; Juden ; USA ; USA ; USA ; Juden ; Identität
    Note: Will American Jews survive their success? Or will the United States' uniquely hospitable environment lead inexorably to their assimilation and loss of cultural identity? This is the conundrum that Seymour Martin Lipset and Earl Raab explore in their wise and learned book about the American Jewish experience , Will American Jews survive their success? Or will the United States' uniquely hospitable environment lead inexorably to their assimilation and loss of cultural identity? This is the conundrum that Seymour Lipset and Earl Raab explore in their wise and learned book about the American Jewish experience. Jews, perhaps more than any ethnic or religious minority that has immigrated to these shores, have benefited from the country's openness, egalitarianism, and social heterogeneity. This unusually good fit, the authors argue, has as much to do with the exceptionalism of the Jewish people as with that of America. But acceptance for all ancestral groups has its downside: integration into the mainstream erodes their defining features, diluting the loyalties that sustain their members. The authors vividly illustrate this paradox as it is experienced by American Jews today--in their high rates of intermarriage, their waning observance of religious rites, their extraordinary academic and professional success, their commitment to liberalism in domestic politics, and their steadfast defense of Israel. Yet Jews view these trends with a sense of foreboding: "We feel very comfortable in America--but anti-Semitism is a serious problem"; "We would be desolate if Israel were lost--but we don't feel as close to that country as we used to"; "More of our youth are seeking some serious form of Jewish affirmation and involvement--but more of them are slipping away from Jewish life." These are the contradictions tormenting American Jews as they struggle anew with the never-dying problem of Jewish continuity. A graceful and immensely readable work, Jews and the New American Scene provides a remarkable range of scholarship, anecdote, and statistical research--the clearest, most up-to-date account available of the dilemma facing American Jews in their third century of citizenship , In English
    DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674424449
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    Gender Politics : From Consciousness to Mass Politics (1984)
    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
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    ISBN: 9780674864016
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x,209p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.4/2/0973
    Keywords: Geschichte 1900-2000 ; Geschichte 1900-1980 ; Women / Political activity / United States / History / 20th century ; Feminism / United States / History / 20th century ; Women's rights / United States / History / 20th century ; Sex role / United States / History / 20th century ; Femmes en politique / États-Unis / Histoire / 20e siècle ; Féminisme / États-Unis / Histoire / 20e siècle ; Femmes / Droits / États-Unis / Histoire / 20e siècle ; Rôle selon le sexe / États-Unis / Histoire / 20e siècle ; Women / Political activity ; Frau ; Geschichte ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Feminism ; Sex role ; Women's rights ; Politik ; Frauenbewegung ; Frau ; USA ; USA ; USA ; Frauenbewegung ; Politik ; Geschichte 1900-1980 ; Frau ; Politik
    Note: Klein finds that a trend toward redefining women's lives has been present since the turn of the century. She focuses on two compelling questions: What are the common concerns that mobilize women, and how do these concerns shape political activism? This study combs a wealth of public opinion surveys and census data to discover why women have become politically active and what it means to public policy , With dramatic suddenness, the feminist movement emerged on the social scene in the late 1960s, and by 1980 it was a political force to be reckoned with. This ground-breaking study combs a wealth of public opinion surveys and census data to discover why women have become politically active and what it means to public policy. The book focuses on two compelling questions: What are the common concerns that mobilize women, and how do these concerns shape political activism? Ethel Klein finds that a trend toward redefining women's lives has been present since the turn of the century. She examines the erosion of traditional patterns in women's roles brought about by rising divorce rates, fuller participation in the workforce, and longer lives. Klein argues that the elements required for revolutionary change--such as grievances, leaders, organization, and resources--were evident long before the 1960s. What was missing was a constituency to support feminist demands. She explores in detail how the public approval of women's rights finally caught up with the need for reform. As group consciousness grew, so did public support. The two factors coalesced in the rise of activism and a full-blown women's movement. Klein tests her hypotheses on the elections of 1972, 1976, and 1980, with surprising results. She finds from election polls that men are no less feminist than women, but that women's support comes from group consciousness while men's comes from a liberal ideology. At the individual level she reveals how support of feminism affects people's political decisions--their approval of protest, their preference for collective forms of activism, and, when real alternatives are present, the votes they cast for President , In English
    DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674864016
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