Home » Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada
Product Image

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

Miriam Smith
€71.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Miriam Smith
affi
amendment
anti-discrimination legislation
Applicant Couples
Author_Miriam Smith
Bowers Decision
Category=GTM
Category=JBF
Category=JBSJ
Category=JHB
Category=JP
Civil Union
comparative public policy
constitutional law studies
cross-national LGBT policy comparison
Direct Democracy
employment rights research
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
equal
Equal Protection Doctrine
Federal DOMA
Federal Human Rights Legislation
fourteenth
Gay Liberation Groups
Gay Movement
Gay Rights
institutional analysis
lambda
law
legal
Marriage Opponents
movement
NDP Government
Notwithstanding Clause
Opposite Sex Couples
pan-Canadian Nationalism
Policy Issues
Political Parties
Progressive Conservative Party
protection
Section 15
social movement mobilization
sodomy
Sodomy Laws
State Constitutional Amendment
Substantive Due Process
Texas Penal Code
Welfare Reform
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415806510
  • Weight: 450g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Apr 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

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 U.S. and Canada. However, while human rights protections have been exponentially expanded in Canada over the last twenty years, even basic protections in areas such as employment discrimination are still unavailable to many in the United States. This book examines why these similar societies have produced such divergent policy outcomes, focusing on how differences between the political institutions of the U.S. and Canada have shaped the terrain of social movement and counter-movement mobilization. It analyzes cross-national variance in public policies toward lesbians and gay men, especially in the areas of the decriminalization of sodomy, the passage of anti-discrimination laws, and the enactment of measures to recognize same-sex relationships.
About Miriam Smith
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 (1999) and co-editor with Michael Orsini of Critical Policy Studies  (2007).

More from this author