Kelly Kollman

The same-sex unions revolution in Western democracies

International norms and domestic policy change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780719099946
• ISBN-10: 0719099943
• Artikelnr.: 42789854

Autorenporträt

Kelly Kollman is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The same-sex unions revolution in western democracies 2.
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 idea 5. Same-sex unions in the Netherlands and Germany:
common norms, diverse policy models 6. Same-sex unions in Canada and the
United States: international learning across the pond? 7. Conclusions: The
same-sex unions revolution, its past and future References