Description
Why do some countries have 'Culture Wars' over morality issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage while other countries hardly experience any conflict? This book argues that morality issues only generate major conflicts in political systems with a significant conflict between religious and secular parties.
Table of Contents
Introduction; I.Engeli , C.Green-Pedersen & L.T.Larsen Theoretical Perspectives on Morality Issues; I.Engeli , C.Green-Pedersen & L.T.Larsen How to Study the Two Worlds of Morality Politics; I.Engeli , C.Green-Pedersen & L.T.Larsen Morality Issues in the Netherlands: Coalition Politics under Pressure; A.Timmermans & G.Breeman From Prohibition to Permissiveness: a Two Wave Change on Morality Issues in Spain; L.Chaqués Bonafont & A.M.Palau Roqué Morality Politics in Switzerland: Politicization through Direct Democracy; I.Engeli & F.Varone Morality Politics in the United Kingdom: Trapped Between Left and Right; L.T.Larsen , D.T.Studlar & C.Green-Pedersen Morality Issues in Denmark: Policies without Politics; E.Albæk ; C.Green-Pedersen & L.T.Larsen The US and Western Europe Compared: How the 'God Gap' Led the US to Join the Religious World of Morality Politics; D.T.Studlar The Two Worlds of Morality Politics – What Have We Learned? I.Engeli , L.T.Larsen & C.Green-Pedersen
