The Kanawha County Textbook Controversy: A Study of the Politics of Life Style Concern

Lifestyle Movements: Exploring the Intersection of Lifestyle and Social Movements

“…In a similar vein, Page & Clelland (1978) and Lorentzen (1980) discuss the 'politics of lifestyle concern,' examining how and why groups engage in political struggle to preserve a way of life, such as traditional morality in public school textbooks. While acknowledging the importance of lifestyle and culture as elements of movement activity, these sorts of phenomena entail collective public political action (i.e., CP) undertaken to preserve or advance a way of life.…”

From the Balconies to the Barricades, and Back? Trajectories of Participation in Contentious Politics

“…This relationship exists, in part, because religiosity is associated with a set of values that can be conducive to, or discouraging of activism. Religious values have frequently been associated with conservative beliefs (Luker, 1984;Page & Clelland, 1978), and many religious institutions focus on conformity and obedience, which can suppress participation (Ellison & Sherkat, 1993). At the same time, religiosity is important because of the social networks, political knowledge, and resources that engaging in a religious institution can engender.…”

1. Values: the ‘What?’ of the politics of education

“…He has given us a model for understanding how the contests are waged. Both Peshkin (1978) and Page and Clelland (1978) know with certainty, it is reasonable to speculate that most local curricula reflect the values of key actors (Boyd 1982, Burlingame 1988, whether those values are equity, excellence, or choice. Probably few 'pure' cases exist, but Boyd's (1978) model might be useful for additional research on the problem.…”