The Courts, The Ballot Box, and Gay Rights : How our Governing Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate / / Joseph Mello

• Autore: Mello Joseph
• Pubblicazione: Lawrence, Kansas : , : University Press of Kansas, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.7301/68
• Soggetto topico: Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Mobilization of Bias -- 2. Citizens or Deviants? Rights and the Construction of Gay Identities -- 3. Sites of Conflict: How Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate -- 4. No Right to Object? Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage in the Golden State -- 5. "A Place Apart": Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage in Maine -- 6. Taking (or Leaving) the Initiative Process -- Appendix A. Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Measures -- Appendix B. Individualism Master Frame Logit Regression -- Appendix C. Religion, Threat, or Slippery Slope Subframe Logit Regression -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Cases Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book looks at how rights discourse has been used during the debate over same-sex marriage and how opponents of same-sex marriage marriage used rights language to effectively oppose it during ballot measure campaigns, but that this same language became counterproductive once this debate moved inside of the courtroom.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Courts, The Ballot Box, and Gay Rights
• ISBN: 9780700622924; 0700622926
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911009155503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II