Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada by Miriam Smith

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

Miriam Smith

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.

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ISBN 9780415806510
Genre LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Copyright Date 2008
Publication Date 05-May-09
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 230
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Gay men; Gay rights; Lesbians; Same-sex marriage; Sex Discrimination
BookID 9994

Author: LFWBooks