TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - The Decline of Federalism and the Rise of Morality-Policy Conflict in the United States
JO  - Publius: the journal of federalism
A1  - Mooney, Christopher Z.
SP  - 171
EP  - 188
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
N2  - Morality policies-such as those pertaining to abortion, capital punishment, gambling, gay rights, pornography, and sex education—generate conflict over core values. These policies tend to be technically simple, potentially salient to the general public, and involve higher than normal levels of citizen participation. They are, therefore, highly susceptible to being thrust into the active phase of policymaking when an incongruity develops between public opinion and public policy. The reservation of authority to the states on these issues embodied in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows for closer policy-opinion congruence, therefore stabilizing morality policy politics. However, recent federal actions on a range of morality policies have thrust these issues onto the active political agenda of the states.<p /> 
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SN  - 0048-5950
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -