The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America

Addressing one of the defining social issues of our time, The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America explores how and why Latin America, a culturally Catholic and historically conservative region, has become a leader among nations of the Global South, and even the Global North, in the passage of gay marriage legislation. In the first comparative study of its kind, Jordi D ez explains cross-national variation in the enactment of gay marriage in three countries: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. Based on extensive interviews in the three countries, D ez argues that three main key factors explain variation in policy outcomes across these cases: the strength of social movement networks forged by activists in favor of gay marriage; the access to policy making afforded by particular national political institutions; and the resonance of the frames used to demand the expansion of marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Díez, Jordi
Published: 02/01/2018
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107491854
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d