The politics of gay marriage in Latin America
Subtitle: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
By: Jordi Díez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781107099142
Subjects: Gay rights; Same-sex marriage
Description: "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 Díez 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, Díez 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." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Citizenship, sexuality and gay marriage; title: State-society relations in the 20th century; title: Early mobilization: the long road to gay marriage; title: Argentina: the precursor in policy reform; title: Mexico: a case of fragmented reform; title: Chile: a case of policy stasis; title: Conclusion.