Nuptial Deal - Same-Sex Marriage and Neo-Liberal Governance

Informationen zum Autor Jaye Cee Whitehead is assistant professor of sociology at Pacific University in Oregon. Klappentext Since the 1990s! gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry! which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one. Zusammenfassung Since the 1990s! gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry! which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one.

Product details

• Authors: Jaye Cee Whitehead, Whitehead Jaye Cee
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2011
• EAN: 9780226895284
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89528-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, United States of America, USA, Gay & Lesbian studies, Civil rights & citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Civics and citizenship, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics