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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... group and to write about their work for the common enterprise that this book has become. The end result is a series of broad, nuanced and diverse explorations that are nevertheless tied together by a common conceptual thread, that of EU ...
... group the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, and a vice-president of the Social Democrats) and Ulrike Lunacek (head of delegation of the Austrian Greens, vice-president and foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group ...
... group of Liberal International. Björn holds a degree in communications from the Inholland University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His thesis covered the subject of philanthropy fundraising in the Netherlands. His work was recognized ...
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... groups, but also a topic of direct political contestation, both within and among countries. In international relations, politicians have increasingly referred to the subject of LGBT rights in their criticism of other countries. One of ...