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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811558503321

Titolo

Same-sex marriage in Latin America : promise and resistance / / editors, Jason Pierceson, Adriana Piatti-Crocker, Shawn Schulenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. : , : Lexington Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7391-6704-9

1-299-18481-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

PiercesonJason <1972->

Piatti-CrockerAdriana <1963->

SchulenbergShawn <1979->

Disciplina

346.801/68

Soggetti

Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - Latin America

Civil unions - Law and legislation - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diffusion of same-sex policies in Latin America / Adriana Piatti-Crocker -- The lavender tide? LGBT rights and the Latin American Left today / Shawn Schulenberg -- Support for same-sex marriage in Latin America  / German Lodola and Margarita Corral -- Variations in the judicialization of same-sex marriage politics in Latin America / Jason Pierceson -- Same-sex partnership rights in Central America: the case of Panama / Shawn Schulenberg -- The creation of civil partnerships in Uruguay / Diego Sempol -- Same-sex couples in Colombia: three models for their legal and political recognition / Daniel Bonilla -- Legal mobilization and the road to same-sex marriage in Argentina / Maria Gracia Andia -- The battle for marriage equality in Mexico, 2001-2011 /  Genaro Lozano.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume sheds light on regional, national, and individual-level factors that have led to major developments for same-sex relationship equality in Latin America and explores institutional, political, and social barriers for same-sex couples in the region. It analyzes cross-national patterns of same-sex relationship policies in Latin America and examines country-cases of recent policies for same sex-couples in the



region.