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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... protection by nation-states, a constitutive and fundamental reorientation of the relationship between the state, capitalism, and sexuality' (Puar 2013, p. 337). Homonationalism thus describes a historical moment in which states can ...
... developments have all contributed to the minimum 'European' standards of LGBT rights protection. Additionally, the chapter explores INTRODUCTION: EU ENLARGEMENT AND LGBT RIGHTS—BEYOND SYMBOLISM? 9 Structure of the Book.
... protection. Additionally, the chapter explores avenues for future LGBT litigation, capitalizing on the current opportunities in EU law. Through their study of a European Court of Justice case (the Romanian Asociaţia ACCEPT against a ...
... protection of its citizens. It shall contribute to [...] the protection of human rights'. Article 49 sets forth respect for the so-called founding values—'respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and ...
... protection, the European Commission6 published the Human Rights Democracy and Development Cooperation Policy on 25 March 1991 (first change in Fig. 2.1). This was the first European developmental policy on democracy and human rights in ...