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A Course Module The Politics of Abortion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Robert J. Spitzer
Robert J. Spitzer*
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SUNY — Courtland
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Three years ago I proposed at SUNY Cortland (a liberal arts college emphasizing undergraduate education with a student population of about 5500) the creation of onecredit introductory level module topics courses in our Political Science Department. The purposes of these modules were several: 1) to provide faculty with a testing ground for new courses located at the upper level. One-credit topics modules would allow faculty to experiment with a new course or new subject on a smaller scale, avoiding the necessity of an intellectual and time investment in a full semester offering; 2)to provide some alternate introductory-level course offerings for non-political-science majors in addition to our two core offerings, Introduction to American Government, and Introduction to Comparative World Systems.

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Research Article
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News for Teachers of Political Science , Volume 53 , Spring 1987 , pp. 13
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1987

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References

Bibliography on Political Consequences of Abortion General Works

Callahan, DanielAbortion: Law, Choice and Morality (N.Y.: Macmillan 1970);Google Scholar
Saltman, Jules and Zimmering, Stanley, Abortion Today (Springfield, IL: Thomas, 1973);Google Scholar
Steinhoff, Patricia and Diamond, Milton, Abortion Politics (Honolulu, HA: University Press of Hawaii, 1977;Google Scholar
Mohr, James C., Abortion in America (N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1978;Google Scholar
Schneider, Carl E. and Vinovskis, Maris A., eds.. The Law and Politics of Abortion (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1980;Google Scholar
Jaffe, Frederick S., et al.. Abortion Politics (N.Y.: Praeger, 1981);Google Scholar
Tatalovich, Raymond and Daynes, Bryon W., The Politics of Abortion (N.Y.: Praeger, 1981;Google Scholar
Rubin, Eva R., Abortion, Politics, and the Courts (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982;Google Scholar
Frohock, Fred M., Abortion: A Case Study in Law and Morals (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982;Google Scholar
Steiner, Gilbert Y., ed., The Abortion Dispute and the American System (Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1983;Google Scholar
Luker, Kristin, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984;Google Scholar
Spitzer, Robert J., The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987.Google Scholar

Some more subjective works:

Francke, Linda Bird, The Ambivalence of Abortion (N.Y.,: Random House, 1978Google Scholar
Noonan, John, A Private Choice (N.Y.: Free Press, 1979;Google Scholar
Merton, Andrew H., Enemies of Choice (Boston: Beacon Press, 1981;Google Scholar
Paige, Connie, The Right To Lifers (N.Y., Summit Books, 1983).Google Scholar

Abortion and public opinion:

Blake, Judith, “Abortion and Public Opinion,” Science, 71 (1971): 540–549;CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Granberg, Donald, “Pro-Life or Reflection of Conservative Ideology?” Sociology and Social Research, 62 (Winter, 1977/78): 414–429;Google Scholar
Singh, B. Krishna and Leahy, Peter J., “Contextual and Ideological Dimensions of Attitudes Toward Discretionary Abortion,” Demography, 15, #3 (1978): 381–388;CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tedrow, Lucky M. and Mahoney, E.R., “Trends in Attidues Toward Abortion,” Public Opinion Quarterly, 43 (Summer, 1979): 181–189;CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Report, Gallup, “Attitudes Toward Abortion Have Changed Little Since Mid-70s,” Gallup Report, June 1980, pp.6–7;Google Scholar
Conver, Pam, Cooms, Steve and Gray, Virginia, “The Attitudinal Roots of Single-Issue Politics,” a Paper Presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The Washington Hilton Hotel, August 28–31;Google Scholar
Blake, Judith and Pinal, Jorge H. Del, “Predicting Polar Attitudes Toward Abortion in the United States,” in Abortion Parley, ed. by Burtchaell, James T. (Kansas City, KA: Andrews and McMeel, Inc., 1980), pp. 29–56; Schneider and Vindovskis, The Law and Politics of Abortion, Ch.6;Google Scholar
Jaffe, , et. al.. Abortion Politics, Ch.8;Google Scholar
Barnartt, Sharon N. and Harris, Richard J., “Recent Changes in Predictors of Abortion Attitudes,” Sociology and Social Research, 66 (1982): 320–334Google Scholar