This article critically reviews the literature on morality policies and the politics of values,
focusing in particular on the question of what defines morality policies as a specific policy …

Morality policies are a specific set of public issues that provoke fierce debates over the “right
way” of living. Popular examples are the referendum on same-sex marriage in Ireland in …

Although a growing number of European governments have legalized same-sex civil unions
(SSU) and same-sex marriage (SSM) in the past two decades, others have moved in the …

This article makes important contributions to governance research by studying the
implementation of policies with high potential for goal incongruence between intermediaries …

In this article we empirically explore the impact of the state-Church conflict on progressive
moral policies. Taking Spain as a case study, we analyse the parliamentary interaction of …

While conventional wisdom often equates liberalization with deregulation, theoretical
arguments from different scientific backgrounds suggest that states tend to increase their …

Scholars of morality policy have built an extensive literature surrounding these issues, which
often are associated with unusual political behavior. Early studies aimed at explaining this …

The 'two worlds of morality politics' framework suggests that the historical structure of the
party system has a major influence on the politics of morality issues. This study uses the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered the critical nature of social care for modern
societies and the moral dilemmas related to the organisation of care, specifically in terms of …

Political competition accelerates the enactment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and
intersexual rights (LGBTI+) due to the dynamic, rational behavior of mainstream parties …