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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... debates on intersectionality and diversity, gender equality, social movements, Europeanization and institutionalism, governance and norms, policies, and political institutions. Set in European, US and Latin American contexts, these ...
... Debate in Slovenia: Between Declarative Support and Lack of Political Will Roman Kuhar and Metka Mencin Čeplak Part III Close-ups of the Western Balkans 8 9 10 The Struggle for Visibility and Equality: Bosnian LGBT Rights Safia Swimelar ...
... debate on terminology. What we discuss in this book can be categorized under a variety of labels, a fact that is not without its consequences for the politics that relates to such categories. Whilst 'gay and lesbian', along with the ...
... debate around the topic. The conversation between the two chapters cannot go unnoticed by the reader. Not only do both chapters focus on a similar topic, i.e. same-sex partnership regulations, but they also highlight the interaction ...
... debate. O'Dwyer and Vermeersch identify two key moments that significantly shaped new opportunities for Polish LGBT activists. First, the EU accession and its requirements regarding LGBT rights caused a period of heightened political ...