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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... agenda on LGBT rights in the enlargement process (see e.g. Ayoub 2014, 2015; Kahlina 2015; O'Dwyer 2010, 2012; O'Dwyer and Schwartz 2010), by analyzing the impact of the EU enlargement on the new member states from the different ...
... agenda. We can also see, from an activist's perspective, how the gradual inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the EU agenda has created opportunities to push for advances for LGBT people in accession countries. The ...
... agenda—one that focuses on how to deal with the unintended consequences of EU pressure on the experiences of LGBT people in candidate countries. The last chapter of the book, by Erwan Fouéré, offers a unique insider perspective on the ...
... Agenda”: Questioning and challenging European homonationalist sexual citizenship. Sociology, Online first, pp. 1–16. Ayoub, P. M. (2013). Cooperative transnationalism in contemporary Europe: Europeanization and political opportunities ...
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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 |