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Same sex, different politics : success and failure in the struggles over gay rights / Gary Mucciaroni.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mucciaroni, Gary.
- Series:
- Chicago Studies in American Politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay rights.
- Gay people--Social conditions.
- Gay people.
- Homosexuality.
- Gay people--Services for.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. The first book to compare results across a wide range of gay rights struggles, t
- Contents:
- Issues, institutions, and threats
- Defining the threats from gay rights
- Advocating gay rights
- Legalizing homosexual conduct
- Adoption
- Military service
- Marriage, civil rights, and hate crimes
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612070396
- 9781282070394
- 1282070398
- 9780226544106
- 0226544109
- OCLC:
- 371102605
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