Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada

ISBN-13: 9780415988711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 230 str.

Smith Miriam

Opis

Lesbian and gay citizens today enjoy a much broader array of rights and obligations and a greater ability to live their lives openly in both the US and Canada. This book analyzes cross-national variance in public policies toward lesbians and gay men, especially in the areas of the decriminalization of sodomy.

Spis treści

1. The Comparative Politics of Lesbian and Gay Rights  2. Starting Points, 1969-1980  3. Bowers and the Charter, 1980-1986  4. Discrimination, from Romer to Vriend, 1986-2000  5. The Emergence of Same Sex Marriage, 1991-1999  6. Policy Divergence and Policy Diffusion: Same-Sex Marriage in the 2000s  7. Conclusions: Historical Institutionalism and Lesbian and Gay Rights

O autorze

Miriam Smith is Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University, Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality-Seeking, 1971-1995 (University of Toronto Press, 1999) and co-editor with Michael Orsini of Critical Policy Studies (University of British Columbia Press, 2007).