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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... Pride? LGBT 'Community' and the Organization of Pride Parades in Serbia Bojan Biliæ 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 ...
... Pride parades would be held instead of parades for Victory Day (in Birnbaum 2015). The events in Ukraine show that LGBT rights have become increasingly salient in the relations between the EU and the countries in its close proximity ...
... Pride parades, for example, can now serve to illustrate a candidate country's endorsement of European norms—yet such symbolic politics stands in stark contrast to the amount of actual EU power and EU legislation in this field. The EU's ...
... pride? LGBT 'Community' and the organisation of pride parades in Serbia. In K. Slootmaeckers, H. Touquet, & P. Vermeersch (Eds.), The EU enlargement and gay politics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Binnie, J., & Klesse, C. (2012) ...
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