1st Edition
Morality Policies in Europe Concepts, Theories and Empirical Evidence
Edited By Christoph Knill
Copyright 2014
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The regulation of issues like abortion, euthanasia, gun control, same-sex unions, pornography, prostitution, drugs, or gambling is commonly referred to a special class of so called morality policies. The distinctive feature of these policies is that politics are shaped by conflicts over first principle: When does life end? When does it begin? Is gambling, drug consumption or prostitution... Read more
1. Introduction: The study of morality policy: analytical implications from a public policy perspective 2. Public policy meets morality: conceptual and theoretical challenges in the analysis of morality policy change 3. The puzzle of permissiveness: understanding policy processesconcerning morality issues 4. Is morality policy different? Institutional explanations for post-warWestern Europe 5. From ‘morality’ policy to ‘normal’ policy: framing of drug consumption and gambling in Germany and the Netherlands and their regulatory consequences 6. Framing and policy change after shooting rampages: a comparative analysis of discourse networks 7. Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe 8. Regulating prostitution and same-sex marriage in Italy and Spain: the interplay of political and societal veto players in two catholic societies 9. Policy entrepreneurs and controversial science: governing human embryonic stem cell research
Biography
Christoph Knill is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
