The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and PrejudiceKoen Slootmaeckers, Heleen Touquet, Peter Vermeersch Springer, 2016 M06 23 - 238 pages This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European Union (EU). It provides not only thoughtful reflections on the topic but also a wealth of new empirical findings — arising from legal and policy analysis, large-scale sociological investigations and country case studies. Theoretical concepts come from institutional analysis, the study of social movements, law, and Europeanization literature. The authors discuss emerging Europe-wide activism for LGBT rights and analyze issues such as the tendency of nationalist movements to turn ‘sexual others’ into ‘national others,’ the actions and rhetoric of church actors as powerful counter-mobilizers against LGBT rights, and the role of the domestic state on the receiving end of EU pressure in the field of fundamental rights.
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... Belgrade Pride. Koen's primary research interests lie within the field of gender and sexuality studies, (sexual) nationalism and European Union politics, with a specific interest in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) topics ...
... Belgrade a 'milestone in the modern history of democratic Serbia'. And Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Tanja Fajon said, 'After three last-minute bans over the last three years, this year, the Serbian INTRODUCTION: EU ...
... Belgrade Pride (see supra) illustrate this tendency. The contributors to this book have steered clear from reintroducing an East–West divide that unnecessarily simplifies the complexity of the issue at hand (see also Kulpa and ...
... Belgrade Pride parade, and asks whether it actually serves to advance the LGBT cause in Serbia. He discusses disparities in wealth, education, and professional status, but also in skills, connections, and geographical locations within ...
... Belgrade Pride. The European parliament intergroup on LGBT rights [Online], 26 September. Retrieved September 3, 2015 http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/pressreleases/lgbti-intergroup-mep-heading-to-belgrade-pride/. Kahlina, K. (2015). Local ...