On the Road to Permissiveness?

Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Munich. His main research interests concentrate on policy-making in the European Union, the analysis of processes of international policy convergence and policy diffusion as well as research on policy implementation. He has published in journals such as Public Organization Review, the Journal of Political Science, the International Journal of Drug Policy, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Christian Adam holds a position as post-doctoral researcher at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. He completed his doctoral studies with honors (summa cum laude) at the University of Konstanz. His research focuses on comparative public policy. He has published in journals such as Public Organization Review, the Journal of Political Science, the International Journal of Drug Policy, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Steffen Hurka works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Empirical Theories of Politics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. His research focuses on the analysis of morality policies in general and gun policies in particular. In addition, he works on matters relating to the legislative organization of the European Parliament. His work has been published in European Union Politics and the Journal of European Public Policy.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Conceptualising and Measuring Styles of Moral Regulation ; 3. Empirical Trends and Conventional Explanations: Some Puzzling Misfits ; 4. Theoretical Expectations Regarding Sources and Directions of Morality Policy Exchange ; 5. Abortion: Finding the Impossible Compromise ; 6. Euthanasia: Different Moves Towards Punitive Permissiveness ; 7. Pornography: 'Soft-core' Liberalization of Indecent Material in Europe ; 8. Prostitution: Sin, Unavoidable Evil, or Recognised Profession? ; 9. Homosexuality: Patterns of Hidden Compensation on the Road Towards Sexual Liberty ; 10. Handguns: On Target Towards Authority? ; 11. Gambling: Erosion and Persistence of Domestic Sporting Betting Monopolies ; 12. Illegal Drugs: Two Worlds of Authority ; 13. Conclusion