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Book SynopsisIn The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A. Schwartz and political scientist Raymond Tatalovich bring their disciplinary insights to the study of moral issues. Beginning with prohibition, Schwartz and Tatalovich trace the phases of its evolution from emergence, establishment, decline and resurgence, to resolution. Prohibition’s life history generates a series of hypotheses about how passage through each of the phases affected subsequent developments and how these were shaped by the political institutions and social character of the United States and Canada.
Using the history of prohibition in North America as a point of reference, the authors move on to address the anticipated progression and possible resolution of six contemporary moral issues: abortion, capital punishment, gun control, marijuana, pornography, and same-sex relations. Schwartz and Tatalovich build a new theoretical approach by drawing on schol
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"This is an excellent book on comparative morality policy and comparative public policy in general. It provides detailed discussion of the policy life cycles of six morality issues. The books clearly fleshes out and explains why morality issues emerge, why they become established, and why they go through decline, resurgence, and resolution." -- Anthiony K. Fleming, University of West Georgia * American Review of Canadian Studies, vol 49 no 2 *
Table of Contents
1. Why Moral Conflicts Matter 2. The Example of Prohibition 3. Issue Portraits 4. The Context of Moral Conflicts 5. The Emergence of Moral Conflicts 6. Establishment 7. Continuity, Decline, Resurgence 8. The Resolution of Moral Conflicts 9. The Phases of Moral Conflicts
