جنبش لزبین و گی و دولت: بینش‌های مقایسه‌ای در مورد رابطه‌ای دگرگون‌شده

By analyzing the relationship between lesbian and gay movements and the state, this ground-breaking book addresses two interconnected issues: to what extent is the lesbian and gay movement influenced by the state and, to a lesser extent, whether the lesbian and gay movement has somehow influenced the state, for instance by altering forms of sexual regulation. Given the diversity in national trajectories, this book covers fifteen countries. This enables the volume to shed light on different kinds of relationships between these groups and the state, as well as on the way they have evolved in recent decades. The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship fills an important gap in the literature on lesbian and gay activism. However, this book also provides important and innovative insights into broader issues in international political science, public policy and comparative politics, as well as issues in social movement studies. These include the role of the state in constructing citizen identities, the heteronormative way in which many traditional citizen entitlements and benefits were constructed, state - civil society relations, judicial activism, the impact of federalism, and the increasing globalization of sexual identities. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 12 1 Argentina: A Queer Tango between the Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State......Page 24 2 Australia: Parties, Federalism and Rights Agendas......Page 38 3 Belgium: The Paradoxical Strength of Disunion......Page 54 4 Brazil: From AIDS to Human Rights......Page 68 5 Canada: The Power of Institutions......Page 84 6 India: From Tensions to Transformation......Page 100 7 The Netherlands: Depoliticization of Homosexuality and Homosexualization of Politics......Page 114 8 Poland: Sovereignty and Sexuality in Post-Socialist Times......Page 130 9 Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia: Arrested Development!......Page 146 10 South Africa: Opportunities Seized in the Post-Apartheid Era......Page 164 11 Spain: Building Reciprocal Relations between Lesbian and Gay Organizations and the State......Page 178 12 United Kingdom: Changing Political Opportunity Structures, Policy Success and Continuing Challenges for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Movements......Page 192 13 United States: Multi-Institutional Politics, Social Movements and the State......Page 208 Conclusion......Page 224 Index......Page 240