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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... legislation as well as the politics surrounding Belgrade Pride. Koen's primary research interests lie within the field of gender and sexuality studies, (sexual) nationalism and European Union politics, with a specific interest in ...
... legislation in this field. The EU's acquis on LGBT rights is rather limited. The aim of this book, therefore, is to disentangle the symbolism from the actual advances on the ground and to more precisely determine the influence of the EU ...
... legislation in the Western European countries, emphasizing the role of international norm diffusion and transnational networks (for an analysis of same-sex union policies in two Central European countries, see the chapter by ...
... legislation. Additionally, the vast time span of their research presents an important contribution to the Europeanization literature. Not only do both chapters show that the notion of same-sex partnership legislation had been debated in ...
... legislation. Their research reveals the ambivalence and discontent on both ends of the political spectrum. The liberal center-left declared their support for the idea of equal treatment, but continuously postponed acting on their ...