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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... chapters that address domestic opposition to LGBT rights in the new EU member states in Central Europe. Several of these chapters (Mole 2016; Kuhar and Mencin Èeplak 2016; O'Dwyer and Vermeersch 2016) show how politicians employ ...
... chapters, it can have various connotations depending on the context in which it is used, and it can be used in slightly varying form. For example, in their chapter, Kristofferson, Roozendaal, and Poghosyan largely use the acronym 'LGBTI ...
... chapter, Koen Slootmaeckers and Heleen Touquet trace the evolution of LGBT rights within the context of the enlargement process from the 1990s onwards, and take stock of the changes in procedures over time. They show how, with the first ...
... 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 Asociaþia ACCEPT against a Romanian football club) ...
... chapter also discusses the major role of the conservative movement, including the Roman Catholic Church. In the last ... chapters by Erwan Fouéré and Safia Swimelar very clearly show the difficulties faced by LGBT activists in these two ...