Markets versus morality -- Binge drinking : the evolution of alcohol control policy in Finland -- Our greatest social proglem : anti-alcohol policy in Sweden -- Nordic morality meets the European Union -- Permissive pragmatism : drug control policy in the Netherlands -- Harm reduction meets the EU : from public health to public order -- Irish moral conservatism and European sexual permissiveness -- The emergence of a European morality?
Summary
What effect is European integration having on national cultures and policies? Kurzer demonstrates how the impact of the single market has led to adjustments which have brought policy on moral issues such as abortion, drug policy, and restrictive drinking measures into closer alignment within the EU
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index
