Language, Symbolism, and Politics
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE Political Interests and Political Symbolism -- 1 The Political Language of the Nonprofit Sector -- 2 The Political Uses of Political Issues -- 3 Public and Private Political Realities and the Privatization Movement -- PART TWO Elections and Symbolism -- 4 Constructing Explanations for Election Results: When 'The Voters Have Spoken,' Who Decides What They Said? -- 5 The Postmodern Election -- PART THREE Policy Implementation, Elite Control, and Political Symbolism -- 6 Law at the Margins: The Symbolic Power of Professional Discourse -- 7 The Neutered Mother -- 8 Museums, Zoos, and Ecology: Animal Displays on Display -- PART FOUR Culture and Political Domination -- 9 False-Consciousness, or Laying It on Thick -- 10 Challenge and Resistance: Two Cases of Cultural Conflict in the United States -- PART FIVE Symbolic Representation and Power -- 11 Language and Power: The Spaces of Critical Interpretation -- 12 Representation and the Silences of Politics -- Afterword -- About the Contributors -- About the Book.