When States Come Out - Europe''s Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility

Informationen zum Autor Phillip M. Ayoub is Assistant Professor of Politics at Drexel University, Philadelphia. Ayoub's doctoral dissertation received the biennial 2013-14 award for the best dissertation from the European Union Studies Association, as well as the 2014 Kenneth Sherrill Award for the best dissertation in the field of sexuality and politics, and the 2014 award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights from sections of the American Political Science Association. He is also the recipient of Cornell University's 2011 Kahin Prize and co-recipient of the 2014 Esman Prize for distinguished scholarship. His articles have appeared in the European Journal of International Relations, Mobilization, the European Political Science Review, the Journal of Human Rights, and Perspectives on Europe. Klappentext Focusing on the transnational LGBT movement that has gained unprecedented momentum, this study is a timely contribution to debates both scholarly and popular. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the transnational LGBT movement that has gained unprecedented momentum! this study is a timely contribution to debates both scholarly and popular. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The politics of visibility and LGBT rights in Europe; 3. Transnational movement: opportunities, actors, and mechanisms; 4. Complying with new norms: LGBT rights legislation; 5. Internalizing new norms: attitudes towards sexual minorities; 6. Poland and Slovenia's responses to international norms; 7. Visibility in movement and transnational politics.

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• Authors: Phillip Ayoub, Phillip M. Ayoub, Phillip M. (Drexel University Ayoub, Javier Bonet, Ayoub Phillip M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107535893
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53589-3
• No. of pages: 295
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education