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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... politics (Mole 2011). In Latvia, for example, the pressure for equal rights for LGBT persons is seen as a direct attack on the nation's future by the so-called international gay ... politics and EU enlargement, we need to acknowledge the ...
... LGBT politics. As such, the initial chapter of this section relies on a more sociological discussion of the EU's impact on LGBT rights. Richard Mole considers the implications of nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western ...
... gay rights movement has made in Poland over the last decade. Despite the distinct lack of a broader social acceptance of homosexuality in this post-communist country, registered partnerships became an issue of political debate. O'Dwyer ...
... LGBT politics. She also highlights, however, the backlash that has come with the increased visibility of the LGBT community in this country. In his chapter (Chap. 9), Bojan Bilić examines the symbolic politics of the Belgrade Pride ...
... LGBT movements in the growing EU. In K. Slootmaeckers, H. Touquet, & P. Vermeersch (Eds.), The EU enlargement and gay politics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Bilić, B. (2016). Whose pride? LGBT 'Community' and the organisation of pride ...