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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... discourse—particularly the post-structuralist discourse theories of Laclau and Mouffe—and a regional interest in Russia, Poland and the Baltic states. His research on the discursive constructions of identities has found expression in ...
... discourse—e.g. 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 ...
... discourse, political structures, and public policies. (Radaelli 2003, p. 30) More simply, it refers to the process of transferring the EU's policies, institutions, rules, beliefs, and values to other countries (Bulmer 2007). Rational ...
... discourse on LGBT rights. Citizenship, anti-discrimination, and fundamental rights developments have all contributed to the minimum 'European' standards of LGBT rights protection. Additionally, the chapter explores INTRODUCTION: EU ...
... discourse. He examines the links between nationalism and political homophobia, demonstrating that EU support for LGBT equality can also have a negative impact on attitudes towards non-heteronormative individuals. He contends that ...