Miriam Smith

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

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-415-80651-0
EAN: 9780415806510
Produktnummer: 4904776
Verlag: Routledge
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 230 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 363 g
Gewicht: 363

Über den Autor

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).