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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... institutions. Set in European, US and Latin American contexts, these books provide rich new empirical findings and push forward boundaries of feminist and politics conceptual and theoretical research. The editors welcome the highest ...
... institutions. He was the first to assume joint responsibilities of EU Special Representative and Head of Delegation in the EU External Service when he was appointed in this double capacity in Macedonia (2005), where he served for 5 ...
... institutions. She holds an M.Sc. in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before joining ILGA-Europe, she worked at Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), where she NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xiii.
... Institutions and Human Rights Office of the High Representative Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) Platforma Obywatelska (Civic Platform) Roman Catholic Church Republika Srpska ...
... institutional analysis, the study of social movements, law, and Europeanization literature. In their chapters, they analyze such issues as the tendency of nationalist movements to turn 'sexual others' into 'national others', the actions ...