Children of Harvey Milk

Zusatztext Reynolds' work takes us on a global tour of key political battles for LGBTQ rights while reading like a novel. He skillfully weaves in moving stories-most not widely known -that brightly illustrate that persuasion in the halls of power has been often quite personal. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Founded and directs the UNC LGBTQ Representation and Rights Research Initiative, the leading global think tank focused on LGBTQ politics. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, New Statesman, and widely online. His twelve non-fiction books range from African politics to the Arab Spring, elections to the future of democracy. For twenty-five years he has been an advisor on democratic design in the worldâs most dangerous places. From South Africa to Somalia, Afghanistan to Libya, Burma to Ukraine, and many others. Klappentext Andrew Reynolds' The Children of Harvey Milk is not only a compelling collective portrait of gay politicians around the globe; it also offers a powerful explanation of why individual politicians practicing "identity politics"have been absolutely crucial to the successes of this still-expanding global social movement. Zusammenfassung Andrew Reynolds' The Children of Harvey Milk is not only a compelling collective portrait of gay politicians around the globe; it also offers a powerful explanation of why individual politicians practicing "identity politics"have been absolutely crucial to the successes of this still-expanding global social movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1. The Milk Prinicple Chapter 2. The Ballad of Peter and Simon Chapter 3. I Have Quite a Powerful and Carrying Voice Chapter 4. I Have Never Come Across a Homo in This House Chapter 5. From Mississippi to Marriage Chapter 6. Being First Chapter 7. St. Christopher Chapter 8. More Like Hell Than Heaven Chapter 9. Cinders Goes to the Ball Chapter 10. Mel and the Bees Chapter 11. Southern Queers CHapter 12. The Washington 43rd Chapter 13. The Right Gays Chapter 14. Britain Goes Gay at the Polls Chapter 15. You Wine Some, You Lose Some Conclusion Appendix A: Interviews Conducted Appendix B: Out LGBTQ Parliamentarians 1976-2017 Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Reynolds, Andrew (Associate Professor of Political Reynolds, Andrew (Associate Professor of Political Science Reynolds
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2018
• EAN: 9780190460952
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046095-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Politikwissenschaft, Gender Studies, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Gay & Lesbian studies, History of the Americas, Sociology: family and relationships, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics