From ‘morality’ policy to ‘normal’ policy

Framing of drug consumption and gambling in Germany and the Netherlands and their regulatory consequences

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6290482
AutoresEva-Maria Euchner (0000-0002-4928-9023), Stephan Heichel, Kerstin Nebel, Andreas Raschzok
Año2013
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas372-389
Fecha de publicación2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2013.761506
OpenAlexW2116139155
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas44
Referencias citadas20

Drug consumption and gambling are regarded as morality policies, especially in the American literature. Both are perceived as sinful and treated accordingly. This highly generalized assessment is rarely analysed systematically in a non-American context. Therefore, we investigate whether these policies are indeed framed morally and if this framing is stable over time in two European countries. Next, we analyse whether shifts in morality framing have consequences for regulation. In this way,we contribute to the literature on morality policies, particularly the ways in which these policies are defined and empirically identified. We identify morality policies based on how actors frame issues rather than by policies' substantive content. We show that the morality framing was once prominent but has lost its importance over time, and we find a close connection between frame shifts and policy output, although this is not a uniform development and does not characterize all cases

Economics · Framing (construction · Morality · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology