Global Perspectives On Same-sex Marriage: A Neo-institutional Approach (global Queer Politics)
by Bronwyn Winter /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book provides a comparative, neo-institutionalist approach
to the different factors impacting state adoption of―or refusal
to adopt―same-sex marriage laws. The now twenty-one countries
where lesbians and gay men can legally marry include recent or
longstanding democracies, republics and parliamentary monarchies,
and unitary and federal states. They all reflect different
positions with respect to religion and the cultural foundations
of the nation. Countries opposed to such legalization, and those
having taken measures in recent years to legally reinforce the
heterosexual fundaments of marriage, present a similar diversity.
This diversity, in a globalized context where the idea of
same-sex marriage has become integral to claims for LGBTI
equality and indeed LGBTI human rights, gives rise to the
following question: which factors contribute to
institutionalizing same-sex marriage?
This book provides a comparative, neo-institutionalist approach
to the different factors impacting state adoption of―or refusal
to adopt―same-sex marriage laws. The now twenty-one countries
where lesbians and gay men can legally marry include recent or
longstanding democracies, republics and parliamentary monarchies,
and unitary and federal states. They all reflect different
positions with respect to religion and the cultural foundations
of the nation. Countries opposed to such legalization, and those
having taken measures in recent years to legally reinforce the
heterosexual fundaments of marriage, present a similar diversity.
This diversity, in a globalized context where the idea of
same-sex marriage has become integral to claims for LGBTI
equality and indeed LGBTI human rights, gives rise to the
following question: which factors contribute to
institutionalizing same-sex marriage?
The analytical framework used for exploring these factors in this
book is neo-institutionalism. Through three neo-institutionalist
lenses―historical, sociological and discursive―contributors
investigate two aspects of the processes of adoption or
opposition of equal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Firstly, they reveal how claims by LGBTIQ movements are being
framed politically and brought to parliamentary politics.
Secondly, they explore the ways in which same-sex marriage
becomes institutionalized (or resisted) through legal and
societal norms and practices. Although it adopts
neo-institutionalism as its main theoretical framework, the book
incorporates a broad range of perspectives, including scholarship
on social movements, LGBTI rights, heterosexuality and social
norms, and gender and politics.
The analytical framework used for exploring these factors in this
book is neo-institutionalism. Through three neo-institutionalist
lenses―historical, sociological and discursive―contributors
investigate two aspects of the processes of adoption or
opposition of equal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Firstly, they reveal how claims by LGBTIQ movements are being
framed politically and brought to parliamentary politics.
Secondly, they explore the ways in which same-sex marriage
becomes institutionalized (or resisted) through legal and
societal norms and practices. Although it adopts
neo-institutionalism as its main theoretical framework, the book
incorporates a broad range of perspectives, including scholarship
on social movements, LGBTI rights, heterosexuality and social
norms, and gender and politics.