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Abstract

The examination of the level of permissiveness in the two morality policy fields abortion and same-sex partnerships across Western European countries from 1960 to 2010 reveals that Catholic states do not significantly differ from their Protestant counterparts in terms of their policy outputs today. But Catholicism can slow down the pace of reforms. Through a detailed, explorative investigation of the reforms in Austria, which was quick to install a more permissive abortion regime but a laggard in introducing legal recognition of same-sex couples, we derive first theoretical implications using an inductive approach. The Austrian case reveals that the influence of the Catholic Church may impede reforms as long as institutional and cultural opportunity structures do not promote secular-permissive efforts to politicize the issue and secure a majority for policy change.

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Title
Die katholische Kirche und Moralpolitik in Österreich: Reformdynamiken in der Regulierung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und der Anerkennung gleichgeschlechtlicher Partnerschaften/Morality Policy in Catholic Austria: The Regulation of Abortion and Same-sex Unions
Author
Knill, Christoph; Preidel, Caroline; Nebel, Kerstin
Pages
275-292
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Politikwissenschaft
ISSN
16155548
e-ISSN
23135433
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
German
ProQuest document ID
1629025598
Copyright
Copyright Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG 2014