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In this collection, political and public policy analysts explore the social concerns of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and the transgendered--what has come to be known as "lgbt" or "queer" politics. Compared to the humanities and to other social sciences, political science has been slow to address this phenomenon. Issues ranging from housing to adoption to laws on sodomy, however, have increasingly raised important political questions about the rights and status of sexual minorities, particularly within liberal democracies such as the United States, and also on an international level. This anthology offers the first comprehensive overview of the study of lgbt politics in political science across the discipline's main subfields and methodologies, and it spotlights lgbt movements in several regions around the world. Focusing on the politics of sexuality with regard to the politics of knowledge, the book presents a discussion of power that will interest all political scientists and others concerned with minority rights and gender as well as with transformation in the relations between public and private.
The articles cover such topics as lgbt power in urban politics, the impact of public opinion on lgbt life, means of effecting legal and political change in the United States, and international differences in lgbt political activism. The authors represent a new cadre of political scientists who are creating an interdisciplinary domain of research that is informed by and in turn generates political activism. They are Dennis Altman, M. V. Lee Badgett, Robert W. Bailey, Mark Blasius, Cathy J. Cohen, Timothy E. Cook, Paisley Currah, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Jan-Willem Duyvendak, Leonard Harris, Bevin Hartnett, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, David Rayside, Rebecca Mae Salokar, and Alan S. Yang.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691225449 |
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| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication date: | 02/09/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 393 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viiINTRODUCTION Sexual Identities, Queer Politics, and the Status of Knowledge by Mark Blasius 3
PART ONE: COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21
ONE The Structuring of Sexual Minority Activist Opportunities in the Political Mainstream: Britain, Canada, and the United States by David Rayside 23
TWO Identity Politics in France and the Netherlands: The Case of Gay and Lesbian Liberation by Jan-Willem Duyvendak 56
THREE Lesbian-Feminist Activism and Latin American Feminist Encuentros by Juanita Diaz-Cotto 73
FOUR Global Gaze/Global Gays by Dennis Altman 96
FIVE Sexual Rights: Inventing a Concept, Mapping an International Practice by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky 118
PART TWO: POLITICALLY THEORIZING HOMOSEXUALITY 141
SIX An Ethos of Lesbian and Gay Existence by Mark Blasius 143
SEVEN Queer Theory, Lesbian and Gay Rights, and Transsexual Marriages by Paisley Currah 178
EIGHT Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics? By Cathy J. Cohen 200
PART THREE: SEXUAL-IDENTITY POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES 229
NINE Sexual Identity and Urban Space: Economic Structure and Political Action by Robert W Bailey 231
TEN Beyond Gay Rights Litigation: Using a Systemic Strategy to Effect Political Change in the United States by Rebecca Mae Salokar 256
ELEVEN Splitting Images: The Nightly Network News and the Politics of the Lesbian and Gay Movement, 1969-1978 by Timothy E. Cook and Bevin Hartnett 286
PART FOUR: SEXUALITY AND THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE 319
TWELVE ''Outing'' Alain L. Locke: Empowering the Silenced by Leonard Harns 321
THIRTEEN Lesbians and Gays and the Politics of Knowledge:Rethinking General Models of Mass Opinion Change by Alan S. Yang 342
FOURTEEN Lesbian and Gay Think Tanks: Thinking for Success by M. V Lee Badgett 359
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND AFFILIATIONS 377
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS 379
What People are Saying About This
Political theory is a necessity, especially for activists in new social movements. This timely and fascinating book presents many of the leading political scientists writing such theory about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people today. This book's scope is broad, the issues it covers rage on the front pages of newspapers everyday, and the scholarship here is first rate.
— Urvashi Vaid, Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, author of "Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation."
It is no longer possible to think of sexuality as 'a private matter' with little or nothing to do with the processes of power. Feminist theorists have effectively argued this case with respect to women's rights. And now, lgbt theory has developed to the point where fresh and sometimes strikingly different insights pertaining to sexuality and politics are possible. This anthology is a valuable contribution to this effort.
— Ronald J. Hunt, Ohio University
The essays, of wide breadth and high quality, are worthy of a wide audience. The collection will serve as a good introduction to the field of gay and lesbian studies through the entire discipline of political science. Scholars in gay/lesbian studies and in political science, as well as students of social movements and people interested in the political fate of gays and lesbians, will find this collection useful.
— Joan C. Tronto, City University of New York
"The essays, of wide breadth and high quality, are worthy of a wide audience. The collection will serve as a good introduction to the field of gay and lesbian studies through the entire discipline of political science. Scholars in gay/lesbian studies and in political science, as well as students of social movements and people interested in the political fate of gays and lesbians, will find this collection useful."—Joan C. Tronto, City University of New York"Political theory is a necessity, especially for activists in new social movements. This timely and fascinating book presents many of the leading political scientists writing such theory about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people today. This book's scope is broad, the issues it covers rage on the front pages of newspapers everyday, and the scholarship here is first rate."—Urvashi Vaid, Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation."It is no longer possible to think of sexuality as 'a private matter' with little or nothing to do with the processes of power. Feminist theorists have effectively argued this case with respect to women's rights. And now, lgbt theory has developed to the point where fresh and sometimes strikingly different insights pertaining to sexuality and politics are possible. This anthology is a valuable contribution to this effort."—Ronald J. Hunt, Ohio University
It is no longer possible to think of sexuality as 'a private matter' with little or nothing to do with the processes of power. Feminist theorists have effectively argued this case with respect to women's rights. And now,lgbt theory has developed to the point where fresh and sometimes strikingly different insights pertaining to sexuality and politics are possible. This anthology is a valuable contribution to this effort.