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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... EU 17 2 The Co-evolution of EU's Eastern Enlargement and LGBT Politics: An Ever Gayer Union? 19 Koen Slootmaeckers and Heleen Touquet 3 European Integration and LGBTI Activism: Partners in Realising Change? 45 Mattias Kristoffersson ...
... European Union institutions. He was the first to assume joint responsibilities of EU Special Representative and Head of Delegation in the EU External Service when he was appointed in this double capacity in Macedonia (2005), where he ...
... European Studies, UCL. His research focus is the relationship between identity and power, with particular focus on ... European Union: Identity, Discourse and Power in the PostCommunist Transition of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, his ...
... European Union politics, with a specific interest in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) topics. His work has been published in, amongst others, Politics and the Journal of Homosexuality. Safia Swimelar is Associate Professor ...
... Europe Council Working Group on Human Rights Dayton Peace Agreement Albanian Democratic Union for Integration European Community European Court of Human Rights European Court of Justice European Economic Community European Parliament ...
Contents
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The Broader Picture LGBT Issues in the EU | 17 |
Zooming in Central and Eastern Europe | 97 |
Closeups of the Western Balkans | 173 |
Index | 233 |