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

Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada - Routledge Studies in North American Politics

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9780415806510
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 323.32640971
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 230
Weight: 342g
Height: 226mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 13mm