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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... Bilić The Curious Case of Macedonia: A Personal Insight of a Former Head of the EU Delegation in Macedonia Erwan Fouéré Index 97 5 99 123 147 173 175 203 221 233 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Uladzislau Belavusau is assistant professor of EU x ...
... Bilić is Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, where he is working on a research project (Post-) Yugoslav LGBT Activism: Between Nationalism and ...
... Bilić 2016). In doing so, the book corroborates the recent 'domestic turn' in Europeanization via enlargement (see Elbasani 2013), which 'bring[s] in more prominently domestic factors as the key to explaining successful rule transfer ...
... Bilić, on the other hand, raises important questions about the use of Pride in Serbia. Safia Swimelar demonstrates how domestic norms influence the diffusion of EU norms. She argues that Bosnia's post-war identity—emphasizing ethno ...
... Bilić examines the symbolic politics of the 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 ...