Christoph Knill is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The study of morality policy: analytical implications from a public policy perspective 2. Public policy meets morality: conceptual and theoretical challenges in the analysis of morality policy change 3. The puzzle of permissiveness: understanding policy processes concerning morality issues 4. Is morality policy different? Institutional explanations for post-war Western Europe 5. From ‘morality’ policy to ‘normal’ policy: framing of drug consumption and gambling in Germany and the Netherlands and their regulatory consequences 6. Framing and policy change after shooting rampages: a comparative analysis of discourse networks 7. Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe 8. Regulating prostitution and same-sex marriage in Italy and Spain: the interplay of political and societal veto players in two catholic societies 9. Policy entrepreneurs and controversial science: governing human embryonic stem cell research

Christoph Knill is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The study of morality policy: analytical implications from a public policy perspective 2. Public policy meets morality: conceptual and theoretical challenges in the analysis of morality policy change 3. The puzzle of permissiveness: understanding policy processes concerning morality issues 4. Is morality policy different? Institutional explanations for post-war Western Europe 5. From ‘morality’ policy to ‘normal’ policy: framing of drug consumption and gambling in Germany and the Netherlands and their regulatory consequences 6. Framing and policy change after shooting rampages: a comparative analysis of discourse networks 7. Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe 8. Regulating prostitution and same-sex marriage in Italy and Spain: the interplay of political and societal veto players in two catholic societies 9. Policy entrepreneurs and controversial science: governing human embryonic stem cell research

Christoph Knill is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The study of morality policy: analytical implications from a public policy perspective 2. Public policy meets morality: conceptual and theoretical challenges in the analysis of morality policy change 3. The puzzle of permissiveness: understanding policy processes concerning morality issues 4. Is morality policy different? Institutional explanations for post-war Western Europe 5. From ‘morality’ policy to ‘normal’ policy: framing of drug consumption and gambling in Germany and the Netherlands and their regulatory consequences 6. Framing and policy change after shooting rampages: a comparative analysis of discourse networks 7. Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe 8. Regulating prostitution and same-sex marriage in Italy and Spain: the interplay of political and societal veto players in two catholic societies 9. Policy entrepreneurs and controversial science: governing human embryonic stem cell research