The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada

Mildred A. Schwartz; Raymond Tatalovich

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada

Mildred A. Schwartz and Raymond Tatalovich

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442625044

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Using the history of prohibition in North America as a point of reference, Schwartz and Tatalovich address the anticipated progression and possible resolution of six contemporary moral issues: abortion, capital punishment, gun control, marijuana, pornography, and same-sex relations.

Author / Editor information

Schwartz Mildred A. :

Mildred A. Schwartz is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago and visiting scholar, New York University.
Tatalovich Raymond :

Raymond Tatalovich is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago.

Reviews

Anthiony K. Fleming, University of West Georgia:

"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."

Melissa Haussman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Carleton University:

"This new work by the two pre-eminent scholars of Canadian-US comparative morality politics will occupy a central place in the literature. The authors take a very helpful approach, classifying six issues ranging from the historical to the contemporary. Chief among their contributions is that they place the treatment of these issues in two very different political systems, emphasize the life cycles of each issue, and explore whether the issues provoke a one-sided or two-sided response."

Neal Caren, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:

"Some of the most contentious issues in politics come down to struggles over culture and morality. Mildred A. Schwartz and Raymond Tatalovich have produced a powerful analysis of the life history of a wide range of moral conflicts. They skillfully identify the key processes, from establishment to resolution, for making sense of morality politics. This work shows the strength of comparative cross-national analysis."

Christopher Z. Mooney, W. Russell Arrington Professor of State Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Springfield:

"In this book, Mildred A. Schwartz and Raymond Tatalovich use qualitative and quantitative analyses, and a subtle and nuanced assessment of the ballooning sociology and political science literatures to generate a rich understanding of these unusual policies. Most importantly, their model focuses on the policy life-cycle dimension that scholars have only begun to address. This book is filled with enough fresh ideas to keep scholars of the subject busy for years."

Paul Burstein, Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle:

"Mildred A. Schwartz and Raymond Tatalovich have taken on an exceedingly important and challenging task − explaining how both Canada and the United States have dealt with some of the most intensely emotional issues of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through meticulous and expansive analyses, rich with data and historical insight, they show how well we can understand processes of policy change and what we have yet to learn."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Why Moral Conflicts Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Example of Prohibition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Issue Portraits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. The Context of Moral Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
5. The Emergence of Moral Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Establishment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
7. Continuity, Decline, Resurgence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
8. The Resolution of Moral Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
9. The Phases of Moral Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Appendix 1: Coding Media Coverage of Moral Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Appendix 2: Morality Policy Planks in Major Party Platforms, Canada and the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 248

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Published: September 10, 2018
ISBN: 9781442625044