Same-Sex Unions Revolution in Western Democracies - International Norms and Domestic Policy Change

Informationen zum Autor Kelly Kollman is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow Klappentext This book examines same-sex unions policy (SSU) developments in eighteen western democracies and seeks to explain why the overwhelming majority of these countries has implemented a national law to recognise gay and lesbian couples since 1989. Zusammenfassung This book examines same-sex unions policy (SSU) developments in eighteen western democracies and seeks to explain why the overwhelming majority of these countries has implemented a national law to recognise gay and lesbian couples since 1989. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The same-sex unions revolution in western democracies2. Sexual citizenship, LGBT movements and the relationship recognition debate in western democracies 3. International policy diffusion: socialisation and the domestic reception of international norms 4. Same-sex unions: the globalisation of an idea5. Same-sex unions in the Netherlands and Germany: common norms, diverse policy models6. Same-sex unions in Canada and the United States: international learning across the pond? 7. Conclusions: The same-sex unions revolution, its past and futureReferences

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Kollman, Kollman Kelly
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2015
• EAN: 9780719099946
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9994-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms