Sexual Minorities and Politics - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Jason Pierceson is associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Springfield. He is the author of Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: The Road to the Supreme Court, (2013) Klappentext Sexual Minorities and Politics is the first textbook to provide students with an up-to-date, thorough, and comprehensive overview of the historical, political, and legal status of sexual and gender minorities. The text provides lists of key terms and discussion questions in each chapter to aid in student comprehension and fuel classroom debate. Zusammenfassung Sexual Minorities and Politics is the first textbook to provide students with an up-to-date! thorough! and comprehensive overview of the historical! political! and legal status of sexual and gender minorities. The text provides lists of key terms and discussion questions in each chapter to aid in student comprehension and fuel classroom debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Emergence of a Movement for Sexual Minorities and its Opposition in the United StatesChapter 3: Political TheoryChapter 4: Social Movements, Electoral Politics, and Public OpinionChapter 5: Courts and the LGBT Rights MovementChapter 6: Public PoliciesChapter 7: The Transgender and Intersex Movements, Law, and PolicyChapter 8: Global Developments

Product details

• Authors: Jason Pierceson, Jason A. Pierceson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2015
• EAN: 9781442227699
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2769-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Gay & Lesbian studies, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics