Abortion, capital punishment, gambling, homosexual rights, pornography, physician assisted suicide, and sex education are among the most controversial issues facing public policymakers today. All involve controversial questions of first principle that render public policy no less than legal sanctions of right or wrong, or morality policy. Mooney brings together top researchers in the field to explore the unique characteristics and politics of morality policy. The result is a definition of the current state of knowledge in the field and a guideline for future observation.
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Table of Contents
The Public Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy, Christopher Z. Mooney
Section I: Theoretical and Definitional Perspectives on Morality Policy
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll: A Theory of Morality Politics, Kenneth J. Meier
What Constitutes Morality Policy? A Cross-National Analysis, Donley T. Studlar
Section II: Agenda-Setting on Morality Policy
Physician Assisted Suicide: Agenda Setting and the Elements of Morality Policy, Henry R. Glick and Amy Hutchinson
Section III: Interest Group Activity on Morality Policy
Evolving into Morality Politics: U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Statements on American Politics from 1792 to the Present, Paul J. Fabrizio
From Censorship to Ratings: Substantive Rationality, Political Entrepreneurship, and Sex in the Movies, Richard A. Brisbin Jr.
Section IV: Individual Morality Policymaking Behavior
Morality in Congress? Legislative Voting on Gay Issues, Donald P. Haider-Markel
Congressional Use of Policy Information on Fact and Value Issues, Malcolm L. Goggin and Christopher Z. Mooney
Section V: Aggregate Patterns of Morality Policy Adoption
Public Opinion and Policymaking in the States: The Case of Post-Roe Abortion Policy, Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox
Variations in the Diffusion of State Lottery Adoptions: How Revenue Dedication Changes Morality Politics, Patrick A. Pierce and Donald E. Miller
The Temporal Diffusion of Morality Policy: The Case of Death Penalty Legislation in the U.S. States, Christopher Z. Mooney and Mei-Hsien Lee
Section VI: Implementation of Morality Policy
Clean Thoughts and Dirty Minds: The Politics of Porn, Kevin B. Smith
Morality Politics and the Implementation of Abstinence-Only Sex Education: A Case of Policy Compromise, Sandra Vergari
Section VII: Morality Policymaking in Parliamentary Sysems
Morality Policy without Politics? The Case of Britain, Philip Cowley
Avoiding the Issue Down Under: The Politics of Legalizing Abortion in Australia, Ian Mylchreest
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Christopher Z. Mooney, University of Illinois at Springfield
