Claire R. Snyder

Gay Marriage and Democracy

Equality for All

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that the fundamental principles of American democracy not only allow but require the legalisation of same-sex marriage. In addition to explaining the theoretical issues at stake, this book provides a short history of marriage, disentangling its interpersonal, communal, religious and civil components.

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Produktdetails

• Polemics
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780742527867
• ISBN-10: 0742527867
• Artikelnr.: 21117187

Autorenporträt

R. Claire Snyder is Associate Professor of Government and Politics in Political Theory in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 What Does Same-Sex Marriage Have To Do With Democracy? Chapter 2
What Is Marriage? Chapter 3 The Logic of Liberalism: American Political
Theory and the Case for Gay Marriage Chapter 4 A False Consensus: Christian
Right Politics and the Attack on Same-Sex Marriage Chapter 5 Neo-Patriarchy
and the Agenda of the Anti-Gay Right Part 6 Are Lesbian and Gay Americans
Actually Citizens? The Homophobic Myopia of Communitarianism Part 7
Marriage, Equality, and Sexual Freedom Part 8 Index