Miriam Smith

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines why the US and Canada have produced such divergent policy outcomes in affording rights to their gay and lesbian citizens. Smith's contribution will prove vital as movements for lesbian and gay rights continue to recast the social landscape in North America and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in North Ame
• Verlag: ROUTLEDGE
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415806510
• ISBN-10: 0415806518
• Artikelnr.: 26606956

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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