On the road to permissiveness? : change and convergence of moral regulation in Europe / edited by Christoph Knill, Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knill, Christoph, editor.

Adam, Christian, editor.

Hurka, Steffen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social values--Government policy--Europe.

Social values.

Social norms--Government policy--Europe.

Social norms.

Moral conditions.

Government policy.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Europe--Moral conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

On the Road to Permissiveness seeks to describe and explain how European countries have been resolving political issues that involve conflicts of fundamental values. Specifically, these political issues include the regulation of abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, prostitution, pornography, cannabis, sports betting, and handguns. The book addresses the empirical question of how morality policies have, changed in recent decades and analyses the change and regulatory trends in different areas of morality policy. It provides a systematic long-term empirical assessment of morality policy change across countries and different fields of morality policy and compares morality policies in 19 OECD countries over a period of 50 years. On the Road to Permissiveness is divided into three parts. Firstly, it discusses the conceptual framework and measurement approach developed by the editors and the theoretical framework guiding the empirical analyses. In the second part of the book, the editors explore the changes and trends in morality policies, and the third part develops theoretical conclusions and implications on the basis of these findings. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph, Christian Adam Adam, Christian, Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen 1

2 Conceptualizing and measuring styles of moral regulation / Christian Adam Adam, Christian, Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph 11

3 Empirical trends and conventional explanations: some puzzling misfits / Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph, Christian Adam Adam, Christian 32

4 Theoretical expectations regarding sources and directions of morality policy change / Christian Adam Adam, Christian, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph, Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen 45

5 Abortion: finding the impossible compromise / Kerstin Nebel Nebel, Kerstin, Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen 58

6 Euthanasia: different moves towards punitive permissiveness / Caroline Preidel Preidel, Caroline, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph 79

7 Pornography: 'soft-core' liberalization of indecent material in Europe / Christian Person Person, Christian 102

8 Prostitution: sin, unavoidable evil, or recognized profession? / Eva-Maria Euchner Euchner, Eva-Maria, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph 129

9 Homosexuality: patterns of hidden compensation on the road towards sexual liberty / Stephan Heichel Heichel, Stephan 157

10 Handguns: on target for authority? / Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen 183

11 Gambling: erosion and persistence of domestic sports betting monopolies / Christian Adam Adam, Christian 206

12 Illegal drugs: two worlds of authority / Andreas Raschzok Raschzok, Andreas 234

13 Conclusion / Christian Adam Adam, Christian, Steffen Hurka Hurka, Steffen, Christoph Knill Knill, Christoph 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198743989

019874398X

OCLC:

915155261