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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... 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 CONTENTS.
... Macedonia (2005), where he served for 5 years, up to his retirement from the EU institutions. Before that he was Head of Delegation in Slovenia leading to accession, the first Head of Delegation in South Africa (1994), and the first ...
... Macedonia) Southeast Europe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (Democratic Left ... Macedonian National Unity CHAPTER 1 Introduction: EU Enlargement and LGBT Rights—Beyond Symbolism? Koen xviii LIST 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 the country has recently been in the throes of a ...
... Macedonia, he explains how domestic politics in Macedonia have limited the possible EU impact on LGBT rights. After early pro-EU governments, in 2006 the political climate shifted towards heightened nationalism, thriving under the ...