1. Introduction; 2. The politics of visibility and LGBT rights in Europe; 3. Transnational movement: opportunities, actors, and mechanisms; 4. Complying with new norms: LGBT rights legislation; 5. Internalizing new norms: attitudes towards sexual minorities; 6. Poland and Slovenia's responses to international norms; 7. Visibility in movement and transnational politics.
Focusing on the transnational LGBT movement that has gained unprecedented momentum, this study is a timely contribution to debates both scholarly and popular.
Phillip M. Ayoub is Assistant Professor of Politics at Drexel University, Philadelphia. Ayoub's doctoral dissertation received the biennial 2013–14 award for the best dissertation from the European Union Studies Association, as well as the 2014 Kenneth Sherrill Award for the best dissertation in the field of sexuality and politics, and the 2014 award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights from sections of the American Political Science Association. He is also the recipient of Cornell University's 2011 Kahin Prize and co-recipient of the 2014 Esman Prize for distinguished scholarship. His articles have appeared in the European Journal of International Relations, Mobilization, the European Political Science Review, the Journal of Human Rights, and Perspectives on Europe.
'This innovative book breaks new ground in the study of human
rights, international relations, social movements, and identity
politics. Phillip Ayoub provides a deep and rigorous multi-method
analysis of a critical issue at the frontiers of the struggle for
human dignity.' Alison Brysk, Mellichamp Professor of Global
Governance, University of California, Santa Barbara
'A revolution has swept across the countries of Europe,
transforming LGBT persons from criminal degenerates into upstanding
and even celebrated members of society. But the revolution has not
changed all countries equally. Some have moved quickly to grant
LGBT citizens the same rights and protections accorded to their
fellows. Other countries have showed greater reluctance, and even
now fall short of equal incorporation. Accounting for the overall
trends and especially the enduring variations are Phillip Ayoub's
central tasks, and he fulfills them brilliantly in this masterful
and incisive book.' David John Frank, University of California,
Irvine
'When States Come Out is a masterful analysis of the domestic and
transnational currents of Europe's LGBT politics. Based on a rich
trove of new qualitative and quantitative data, Ayoub's compelling
argument shows how and why the politics of visibility is at the
center of the human rights and dignity movement.' Peter J.
Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr Professor of International
Studies, Cornell University
'This brilliant study provides a compelling answer to the question
of what drives policy success of LGBT movements in particular and
of social movements more generally. Phillip Ayoub anchors his
empirically rich, meticulously researched, and theoretically
sophisticated argument in the idea that norm visibility is the key
to policy success. This book is a must-read for scholars and
activists interested in how marginalized groups gain agency and
generate political change.' Sabine Lang, Jackson School of
International Studies, University of Washington, and author of
NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere (Cambridge, 2012)
'Why, like their counterparts in the United States, have some
European Union states advanced LGBT rights much more rapidly than
others in recent years? In When States Come Out, Phillip Ayoub
marries a sophisticated theoretical framework to a wealth of
empirical data to advance a compelling argument about the
importance of transnational norms and the domestic politics of
visibility to shaping real progress on the rights of sexual
minorities. This is an important contribution not only to the
literature on LGBT politics, but also to that on comparative social
movements and the politics of social change more broadly.' Robert
Singh, Birkbeck, University of London
'When States Come Out sheds new light on long-standing questions
about the conditions under which weak, marginalized, and
stigmatized groups are able to bring about political and social
change. Focusing on the inconsistent diffusion of rights and
recognition for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people
across European Union states, Phillip Ayoub draws on a wealth of
evidence to demonstrate the important role of individual and
collective visibility in provoking both recognition of but also
resistance to justice and equality for LGBT people. His analyses
lead to important and often surprising insights about the sources
and consequences of both movement victories and setbacks, offering
reasons for optimism at the same time as they deliver sobering
reminders about continued persecution and barriers to justice.'
Dara Z. Strolovitch, Princeton University
'There are many well-trained scholars of social movements; many
others who are experts on European transnational politics; and
still others who specialize on the LGBT movement. But there is no
one who has encompassed all three more elegantly than Phillip Ayoub
has done in this richly documented, carefully researched, and
intellectually inspiring book. More than a consummate exercise in
comparative research, and more than an in-depth inquiry into the
LGBT movement in both parts of Europe, it is also a profoundly
enlightening inquiry into the factors that produce cultural
openness to diversity and those that inhibit it.' Sidney Tarrow,
Emeritus Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, Cornell
University, and author of Power in Movement (Cambridge, 2011) and
The Language of Contention (Cambridge, 2013)
'This is an excellent examination and analysis of what makes the
efforts of sexual minorities, and social movements in general,
successful or not … Highly recommended. Upper-division
undergraduates through faculty.' W. K. Hall, Choice
'More than just a sophisticated case study, When States Come Out is
a resource for anyone seeking to promote human rights at the civil
society and state levels.' Ethics & International Affairs
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