ShapingAbortionDiscourse

Usingcontroversyoverabortionasalensthroughwhichtocomparethepoliticalprocessandroleofthemediainthesetwoverydifferentdemocracies,thisbookexaminesthecontestovermeaningthatisbeingwagedbysocialmovements,politicalparties,churchesandothersocialactors.Abortionisacriticalbattlegroundfordebatesoversocialvaluesinbothcountries,buttheconstitutionalpremisesonwhichargumentsrestdiffer,asdothestrategiesthatmovementsandpartiesadoptandtheopportunitiesforinfluencethatareopentothem.Byexamininghowthesedebatesareconductedandbywhominlightofthenormativeclaimsmadebydemocratictheorists,thebookalsooffersameansofjudginghowwelleithercountrylivesuptotheidealsofdemocraticdebateinpractice.