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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... accession process. He has previously done an internship at ILGA-Europe. Mattias has a strong commitment to LGBTI rights. He is a member of the Board of Stockholm Pride and of the European Pride Organiser's Association (EPOA), where he ...
... enlargement process from the 1990s onwards, and take stock of the changes in procedures over time. They show how, with the first enlargement to Eastern Europe, the EU has contributed to an increased focus on fundamental rights ...
... 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 political crisis that has stalled its progress on the road to EU membership ...
... white diamonds and dotted lines. Next, we focus on changes that have had Fig. 2.1 The co-evolution of EU enlargement and the EU's 20 K. SLOOTMAECKERS AND H. TOUQUET The Growing Importance of LGBT Rights in the Accession Process.
... accession process, as it created EU acquis on LGBT rights (see section “Direct Changes to LGBT Rights in the Enlargement Process”). The next important change in the EU's fundamental rights policy occurred with the Treaty of Lisbon (2007 ...