Markus Thiel

The European Union's International Promotion of LGBTI Rights

Promises and Pitfalls

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Produktbeschreibung

This book critically analyses the European Union's promotion of LGBTI rights in the international arena. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex rights are heavily contested across the globe, with over 70 countries criminalizing same-sex relations and at least 10 imposing the death penalty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9780367516185
• ISBN-10: 0367516187
• Artikelnr.: 67823764

Autorenporträt

Markus Thiel is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University, Miami. He also directs FIU's EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. His research interests are the political sociology of the EU and European Politics more generally, Identity Politics and LGBTI Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: An Artificial 'Clash of Civilizations'? 2. From Norm
Diffusion to Norm Contestation: Europe as a Normative Actor 3. LGBTI Rights
Promotion Within the EU: Crafting Consensual Norms Where Few Exist? 4.
Homophobia and EUrophobia in Accession and Neighborhood Countries 5.
Development Policy and Foreign Aid: Conditionality and its Discontents 6.
Global and Diffuse? The EU's Multilateral Promotion of LGBTI Rights 7.
Conclusion: Rethinking and Reimagining International LGBTI Rights Promotion