On the road to permissiveness? : change and convergence of moral regulation in Europe
Knill, ChristophContributor
Knill, ChristophEditor
Adam, ChristianContributor
Adam, ChristianEditor
Hurka, SteffenContributor
Hurka, SteffenEditor
This volume explains how European countries have been resolving political issues that involve conflicts of fundamental values.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume explains how European countries have been resolving political issues that involve conflicts of fundamental values.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 7, 2015).
Introduction / Christoph Knill, Christian Adam, and Steffen Hurka -- Conceptualizing and measuring styles of moral regulation / Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka, and Christopher Knill -- Empirical trends and conventional explanations: some puzzling misfits / Steffen Hurka, Christopher Knill, and Christian Adam -- Theoretical expectations regarding sources and directions of morality policy change / Christian Adam, Christoph Knill, and Steffen Hurka -- Abortion: finding the impossible compromise / Kerstin Nebel and Steffen Hurka -- Euthanasia: different moves towards punitive permissiveness / Caroline Preidel and Christoph Knill -- Pornography: 'soft-core' liberalization of indecent material in Europe / Christian Person -- Prostitution: sin, unavoidable evil, or recognized profession? / Eva-Maria Euchner and Christoph Knill -- Homosexuality: patterns of hidden compensation on the road towards sexual liberty / Steffen Heichel -- Handguns: on target for authority? /Steffen Hurka -- Gambling: erosion and persistence of domestic sports betting monopolies / Christian Adam -- Illegal drugs: two worlds of authority / Andreas Raschzok -- Conclusion /  Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka, and Christopher Knill.
Social values
Social norms
Social Conditions
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences