Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- Foreword -- Preface -- Glossary -- Part I Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Two Related Stories -- SHAPING PUBLIC DISCOURSE -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- STANDING AND FRAMING AS MEASURES OF SUCCESS -- MEADIA DISCOURSE, PUBLIC POLICY, AND EVERYDAY LIFE -- EVALUATING PUBLIC DISCOURSE -- PLAN OF THE BOOK -- CHAPTER TWO Historical Context -- PROLOGUE -- UNITED STATES -- GERMANY -- ACT ONE: THE (RE)EMERGENCE -- UNITED STATES -- GERMANY -- ACT TWO: THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE -- UNITED STATES -- GERMANY -- ACT THREE: AN UNEASY COMPROMISE -- UNITED STATES -- GERMANY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Methods -- THE CONTENT ANALYSIS -- THE SAMPLE OF ARTICLES -- UNIT OF ANALYSIS -- CODING PROCEDURES -- ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS -- THE ORGANIZATIONAL SURVEY -- INTENSIVE INTERVIEWS -- PRATICIPANTS -- JOURNALISTS -- CONCLUSION -- Part II Major Outcomes -- CHAPTER FOUR The Discursive Opportunity Structure -- THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES -- POLITICAL COMPONENTS -- LEGAL/JUDICAL -- STATE/PARTY -- SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPONENTS -- GENDER -- MORAL/RELIGIOUS -- JUSTICE -- MASS MEDIA -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FIVE Standing -- THE SOURCES OF STANDING -- STATE AND PARTY ACTORS -- CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS -- THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN CIVIL SOCIETY -- ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS -- ABORTION RIGHTS GROUPS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SIX Framing -- FRAMES ON ABORTION -- RIGHTS FRAMES -- OTHER FRAMES -- OVERALL FRAME PROMINENCE -- ANTI-ABORTION FRAMES -- PRO-ABORTION-RIGHTS FRAMES -- HOW COURT DECISIONS HAVE SHAPED THE DISCOURSE -- CONCLUSION -- Part III Representing Different Constituencies -- CHAPTER SEVEN Representing Women's Claims -- GENDER AND STANDING -- GENDER POLARIZATION -- FRAMING ABORTION AS A GENDER ISSUE -- MOBILIZING ON THE ABORTION ISSUE.

ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER EIGHT Representing Religious Claims -- CHURCHES AND MOVEMENT GROUPS -- GERMANY -- UNITED STATES -- STANDING BY TYPE OF RELIGIOUS GROUP -- RELIGIOUS FRAMES IN THE MEDIA -- THE FETAL LIFE FRAME -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER NINE Representing the Tradition of the Left -- SOCIAL JUSTICE, AUTONOMY AND NEED AS LEFT THEMES -- JUSTICE FOR THE POOR -- AUTONOMY -- WOMEN IN NEED -- THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE THEME -- SOCIAL NEED VERSUS AUTONOMY AS THEMES -- POLITICAL PARTIES AS CARRIERS OF LEFT THEMES -- CONCLUSION -- Part IV The Quality of Abortion Discourse -- CHAPTER TEN Normative Criteria for the Public Sphere -- REPRESENTATIVE LIBERAL THEORY -- PARTICIPATORY LIBERAL THEORY -- DISCURSIVE THEORY -- CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Measuring the Quality of Discourse -- THE INCLUSION ISSUE -- CONTENT AND STYLE -- EMPOWERMENT -- CIVILITY -- DIALOGUE -- NARRATIVES -- THE CLOSURE ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- REPRESENTATIVE LIBERAL THEORY -- PATICIPATORY LIBERAL THEORY -- DISCURSIVE THEORY -- CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORY -- CHAPTER TWELVE Metatalk -- COMMON STANDARDS -- ACCURACY -- CIVILITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT -- DIALOGUE -- CLOSURE -- DIVERGENT STANDARDS -- RATIONAL ARGUMENTATION VERSUS NARRATIVES WITH LESSONS -- FAIRNESS -- DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND JOURNALIST NORMS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Lessons for Democracy and the Public Sphere -- THE INTERPLAY OF STRATEGY AND OPPORTUNITY -- LEGAL/JUDICAL -- PARTY/STATE -- GENDER -- MORAL/RELIGIOUS -- SOCIAL JUSTICE -- MASS MEDIA -- QUALITY OF THE DISCOURSE FOR A DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SPHERE -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- Methodological Appendix -- I. THE INTENSIVE INTERVIEWS -- PARTICIPANT INTERVIEWS BY COUNTRY -- GERMANY (N = 23) -- Anti-Abortion Groups -- Pro-Abortion-Rights Groups -- Other -- UNITED STATES (N = 20) -- Anti-Abortion Groups -- Pro-Abortion-Rights Groups -- JOURNALISTS.

GERMANY -- UNITED STATES -- II. THE EIGHT MAJOR FRAMES AND THREE DIRECTIONS OF IDEA ELEMENTS -- III. IDEAS CODED IN SPECIFIC CROSS-FRAME CLUSTERS (SPANNING THE EIGHT MAJOR FRAMES) -- CONSTITIONAL CLUSTERS -- GERMANY -- UNITED STATES -- AUTONOMY CLUSTER -- SOCIAL NEEDS CLUSTER -- HOT BUTTON CLUSTER -- SOCIAL INJUSTICE CLSTER -- REBUTTAL CLUSTER -- References -- Index.