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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... Homosexuality (2003), At the Crossroads of Discrimination (2009), co-author (with A. Švab) of The Unbearable Comfort of Privacy (2005) and co-editor (with J. Takács) of Beyond The Pink Curtain: xii NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS.
... Homosexuality. Safia Swimelar is Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies at Elon University and the coordinator of the International Studies program. She attained her B.A. and M.A. in government from the University ...
... homosexual bodies as worthy of protection by nation-states, a constitutive and fundamental reorientation of the relationship ... homosexuality, which is contrasted with 'homophobic others'. Furthermore, there is no way to opt out from ...
... homosexual propaganda'. With this and other laws, Russia aims to reenter the world stage by providing an alternative ... homosexuality is the condition imposed by Europe on Ukraine for the signature of the treaty'. Alexey Pushkov, the ...
... homosexuality' because it felt that 'although Poland may have joined the EU, they will have none of the “loose” attitudes toward sex' (Graff 2006, p. 436). In other words, LGBT rights may sit comfortably with the EU as part of its ...