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The same-sex unions revolution in Western democracies : International norms and domestic policy change /

This book examines the development of same-sex unions policy (SSU) in eighteen western democracies and seeks to explain why the overwhelming majority of these countries have implemented a national law to recognise gay and lesbian couples since 1989. The author argues that this dramatic wave of SSU p...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kollman, Kelly (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York [New York] : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction : the same-sex unions revolution in western democracies
  • Sexual citizenship, LGBT movements and the relationship recognition debate in western democracies
  • International policy diffusion : socialisation and the domestic reception of international norms
  • Same-sex unions : the globalisation of an idea
  • Same-sex unions in the Netherlands and Germany : common norms, diverse policy models
  • Same-sex unions in Canada and the United States : international socialisation across the pond?
  • Conclusions : the same-sex unions revolution, its past and future.