Same-sex marriage in the Americas policy innovation for same-sex relationships /

Same-sex marriage in the Americas policy innovation for same-sex relationships / [electronic resource] : edited by Jason Pierceson, Adriana Piatti-Crocker and Shawn Schulenberg. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010. - vi, 248 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Democracy, discursive frames, and same-sex unions : a cross-national analysis / Ahmed Khanani and Jean C. Robinson -- Constructing policy innovation in Argentina : from gender quotas to same-sex marriage / Adriana Piatti-Crocker -- The Argentine supreme court and the construction of a constitutional protection of sexual minorities / Laura Saldivia -- Policy stability without policy : the battle for same-sex partnership recognition in Brazil / Shawn Schulenberg -- Same-sex relationship equality in Mexico / Genaro Lozano -- Deconstructing the backlash : same-sex marriage litigation and social change in the United States and Canada / Jason Pierceson -- Legal struggles and political resistance : same-sex marriage in Canada and the USA / Nancy Nicol and Miriam Smith -- The distinctive centrality of marriage in the United States / David Rayside -- Conclusion : juristocracy in the Americas? / Jason Pierceson.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739146576 (electronic bk.) 9780739146576 (electronic bk.)




Same-sex marriage--America.
Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--America.


Electronic books.

HQ1034.A45 / S26 2010

306.84/8097