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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... Homophobia in Central and Eastern Europe Richard C.M. Mole 6 From Pride to Politics: Niche-Party Politics and LGBT Rights in Poland Conor O'Dwyer and Peter Vermeersch 7 Same-Sex Partnership Debate in Slovenia: Between Declarative ...
... Homophobia) Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex League of Polish Families LSYS MEP MP ODIHR OHR OSCE PiS PO RCC RS xvii List of Abbreviations.
... homophobic others'. Furthermore, there is no way to opt out from homonationalism; like modernity, Puar (2013) argues, it can only be resisted or re-signified. In other words, homonationalism structures global politics, as gay ...
... homophobic countries, and suggests that the EU is unique in its open-mindedness and tolerance of LGBT persons. According to critics, the EU enlargement has contributed to the advancement and popularization of this idea by subjecting ...
... homophobic political rhetoric to oppose EU integration.5 In order to defend the 'traditional' culture of their country from Western (EU) influence, the political elite employ 'political homophobia' (Weiss and Bosia 2013, see also ...