Governing Sexuality : The Changing Politics of Citizenship and Law Reform.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (172 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Sexual Citizen -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BINARY LOGIC OF CITIZENSHIP -- APPROPRIATING CITIZENSHIP -- CITIZENSHIP UNBOUND -- FINDING A PLACE IN A EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2. Queering the Third Way: Sexuality and Citizenship in 'New Britain' -- INTRODUCTION -- LOCATING THE DEBATES: CITIZENSHIP AND THE THIRD WAY -- RECENTRING THE FAMILY -- SOCIAL INCLUSION AND THE MAKING OF AN INSIDER -- MANY COMMUNITIES/ONE NATION -- THE EFFICACY OF LAW -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3. Civil Solidarity or Fragmented Identities?: Sexuality and Citizenship in France -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO THE LEGISLATION -- REPUBLICANISM AND RELATIONSHIPS -- REPUBLICANISM AND INTERNATIONALISM: THE CHALLENGE FROM 'ABOVE' -- REPUBLICANISM AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES: THE CHALLENGE FROM 'BELOW' -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Grant-ing Rights: The Politics of Rights, Sexuality and Citizenship Before the European Court of Justice -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO THE DECISION -- THE POLITICS OF RIGHTS IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Transnational Citizens: Mobility and Sexuality -- INTRODUCTION -- MOBILISING SEXUALITY -- BORDER ANXIETIES AND THE GOOD HOMOSEXUAL -- CITIZENSHIP AND THE UNIFICATION OF 'SPOUSES' -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6. 'We Want to Join Europe, Not Sodom': Sexuality and European Union Accession in Romania -- INTRODUCTION -- CREATING AND RECREATING HOMOSEXUALITY IN ROMANIA -- PEASANTS AND PROLETARIAT: SEX, GENDER AND NATION IN THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL IMAGINARY -- IN A WEAKENED STATE: DISCIPLINING ROMANIA -- DISCIPLINE AND NORMALISATION: ACCEPT-ING ACCESSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
Governing Sexuality explores issues of sexual citizenship and law reform in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe today.
9781847311153
Citizenship -- Europe. Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Europe. Sex and law -- Europe.