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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Main Argument: Strategic Parties and Divided Governments in a Secular Age; 1.2 Theoretical and Empirical Contribution; 1.3 Structure of the Book; References; Part I Secularization, Morality Policies, and Party Conflicts in Europe; Chapter 2 Morality Policy as a Party Issue in a Secular Age; 2.1 Secularization Trends and the Rise of Morality Policies; 2.2 Sociology of Religion Meets Morality Policy and Agenda-Setting Research: Answers and Remaining Questions; References
Chapter 3 A New Framework of Attention on and Change of Morality Issues in Parliaments of the Religious World3.1 Strategic Parties and Divided Governments: Morality Policy Attention as Result of Wedge-Issue Competition Strategies; 3.1.1 Definition of the First Dependent Variable: Parliamentary Issue Attention; 3.1.2 Morality Policy Attention in Parliament: A Result of Wedge-Issue Competition Strategies of Opposition Parties; 3.2 Parliamentary Attention and Morality Policy Change: A Complex Time-Variant Relationship
3.2.1 The Second Dependent Variable: Time-Variant Conception of Policy Change3.2.2 Two Logics of How Parliamentary Attention Affects Morality Policy Change; 3.2.2.1 The Direct and Short-Term Effect of Parliamentary Issue Attention: Fostering Political Conflicts Rather Than Pushing for Morality Policy Reforms; 3.2.2.2 The Indirect and Time-Variant Effect of Parliamentary Issue Attention: Venue Shifts and Adjustments of Policy Images; 3.2.2.3 Parliamentary Attention and Venue Shifts in Countries of the Religious World
3.2.2.4 Parliamentary Attention and Policy Image in Countries of in the Religious WorldReferences; Chapter 4 Comparing Attention and Change in Morality Issues; 4.1 Two Morality Policies in Four Western European Countries; 4.1.1 Same-Sex Partnership and Prostitution: Two Morality Policies?; 4.1.2 Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain: Four Representatives of the Religious World?; 4.2 Operationalizing Morality Policy Attention, Change, Party Conflict, Policy Images, and Institutional Venues; 4.2.1 Measuring the Extent of Parliamentary Attention
4.2.2 Measuring the Extent and Evolution of Morality Policy Change4.2.3 Measuring Intra- and Inter-Party Conflict; 4.2.3.1 Selection of Newspapers; 4.2.3.2 Sampling Newspaper Articles; 4.2.3.3 Coding Newspaper Articles: The Core-Sentence Approach; 4.2.3.4 Indicators: Average Issue Position, Inter-Party Conflict, and Intra-Party Conflict; 4.2.4 Measuring Positional Congruence and Approximating Changes of Policy Images; 4.2.5 Capturing Institutional Venues and Approximating Venue Shifts; 4.2.6 Measurement Control Variables: Government Composition and Regulatory Status Quo
Chapter 3 A New Framework of Attention on and Change of Morality Issues in Parliaments of the Religious World3.1 Strategic Parties and Divided Governments: Morality Policy Attention as Result of Wedge-Issue Competition Strategies; 3.1.1 Definition of the First Dependent Variable: Parliamentary Issue Attention; 3.1.2 Morality Policy Attention in Parliament: A Result of Wedge-Issue Competition Strategies of Opposition Parties; 3.2 Parliamentary Attention and Morality Policy Change: A Complex Time-Variant Relationship
3.2.1 The Second Dependent Variable: Time-Variant Conception of Policy Change3.2.2 Two Logics of How Parliamentary Attention Affects Morality Policy Change; 3.2.2.1 The Direct and Short-Term Effect of Parliamentary Issue Attention: Fostering Political Conflicts Rather Than Pushing for Morality Policy Reforms; 3.2.2.2 The Indirect and Time-Variant Effect of Parliamentary Issue Attention: Venue Shifts and Adjustments of Policy Images; 3.2.2.3 Parliamentary Attention and Venue Shifts in Countries of the Religious World
3.2.2.4 Parliamentary Attention and Policy Image in Countries of in the Religious WorldReferences; Chapter 4 Comparing Attention and Change in Morality Issues; 4.1 Two Morality Policies in Four Western European Countries; 4.1.1 Same-Sex Partnership and Prostitution: Two Morality Policies?; 4.1.2 Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain: Four Representatives of the Religious World?; 4.2 Operationalizing Morality Policy Attention, Change, Party Conflict, Policy Images, and Institutional Venues; 4.2.1 Measuring the Extent of Parliamentary Attention
4.2.2 Measuring the Extent and Evolution of Morality Policy Change4.2.3 Measuring Intra- and Inter-Party Conflict; 4.2.3.1 Selection of Newspapers; 4.2.3.2 Sampling Newspaper Articles; 4.2.3.3 Coding Newspaper Articles: The Core-Sentence Approach; 4.2.3.4 Indicators: Average Issue Position, Inter-Party Conflict, and Intra-Party Conflict; 4.2.4 Measuring Positional Congruence and Approximating Changes of Policy Images; 4.2.5 Capturing Institutional Venues and Approximating Venue Shifts; 4.2.6 Measurement Control Variables: Government Composition and Regulatory Status Quo