Same-sex marriage in the Americas
Subtitle: policy innovation for same-sex relationships
By: edited by Jason Pierceson, Adriana Piatti-Crocker, and Shawn Schulenberg.
Contributors: Pierceson, Jason, 1972-; Piatti-Crocker, Adriana, 1963-; Schulenberg, Shawn, 1979-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780739128657; 9780739128664; 9780739146576
Subjects: Same-sex marriage -- America; Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy, discursive frames, and same-sex unions : a cross-national analysis / Ahmed Khanani and Jean C. Robinson; title: Constructing policy innovation in Argentina : from gender quotas to same-sex marriage / Adriana Piatti-Crocker; title: The Argentine supreme court and the construction of a constitutional protection of sexual minorities / Laura Saldivia; title: Policy stability without policy : the battle for same-sex partnership recognition in Brazil / Shawn Schulenberg; title: Same-sex relationship equality in Mexico / Genaro Lozano; title: Deconstructing the backlash : same-sex marriage litigation and social change in the United States and Canada / Jason Pierceson; title: Legal struggles and political resistance : same-sex marriage in Canada and the USA / Nancy Nicol and Miriam Smith; title: The distinctive centrality of marriage in the United States / David Rayside; title: Conclusion : juristocracy in the Americas? / Jason Pierceson.