Making Sense of Public Opinion: American Discourses about Immigration and Social Programs

by Claudia Strauss

Book Overview

Questions about immigration and social welfare programs raise the central issues of who belongs to a society and what its members deserve. Yet the opinions of the American public about these important issues seem contradictory and confused. Claudia Strauss explains why: public opinion on these issues and many others is formed not from liberal or conservative ideologies but from diverse vernacular discourses that may not fit standard ideologies but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107688698
• ISBN13: 9781107688698
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"