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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... Bosnian LGBT Rights Safia Swimelar Whose Pride? LGBT 'Community' and the Organization of Pride Parades in Serbia Bojan Bilić The Curious Case of Macedonia: A Personal Insight of a Former Head of the EU Delegation in Macedonia Erwan ...
... Bosnia-Herzegovina, where she investigated post-war human rights and nationalism. She has also done research on the role of images in teaching and understanding human rights issues. Safia has published articles in the International ...
... Bosnia-Herzegovina, (the Former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia, and Serbia. Among the three, Serbia has evolved furthest in the process of accession. Macedonia seemed to be on a steady track to speedy accession in the early 2000s, but ...
... Bosnian LGBT politics. She also highlights, however, the backlash that has come with the increased visibility of the LGBT community in this country. In his chapter (Chap. 9), Bojan Bilić examines the symbolic politics of the Belgrade ...
... Bosnian LGBT rights developments. In K. Slootmaeckers, H. Touquet, & P. Vermeersch (Eds.), The EU enlargement and gay politics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Vermeersch, P. (2005). EU enlargement and immigration policy in Poland and ...