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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The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice Koen Slootmaeckers, Heleen Touquet, Peter Vermeersch. Brussels on “EU enlargement, democracy and the politics of sexual orientation and gender identity,” which we were ...
The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice Koen ... LGBT rights in their criticism of other countries. One of the most visible examples was ... gay rights is really a non-issue. Kenyatta's response to Obama is an ...
... LGBT rights in former or current 'enlargement countries'. Specifically, we ask the question: what is the impact of the EU enlargement on the political and legal contexts in which these LGBT people live and claim rights? Today, a little ...
The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice Koen Slootmaeckers, Heleen Touquet, Peter ... sexual orientation and gender identity' (SOGI) (see e.g. Lennox and Waites 2013), or simply prefer to use the term 'gay ...
... enlargement. The impact of EU enlargement on rights, activism, and prejudices are part of a bigger system, and trying to separate them would not do justice to its complexity. The first part of the book, The Broader Picture: LGBT Issues ...