Keeping the People`s Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges As Guardians of Rights, John J. Dinan

Автор: Engel Stephen M.
Название: Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives
ISBN: 147985347X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479853472
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: A sweeping historical and political account of how our present-day policy debates around citizenship and equality came to be  The landmark Supreme Court decision in June 2015 legalizing the right to same-sex marriage marked a major victory in gay and lesbian rights in the United States. Once subject to a patchwork of laws granting legal status to same-sex couples in some states and not others, gay and lesbian Americans now enjoy full legal status for their marriages wherever they travel or reside in the country. For many, the Supreme Court’s ruling means that gay and lesbian citizens are one step closer to full equality with the rest of America.  In Fragmented Citizens, Stephen M. Engel contends that the present moment in gay and lesbian rights in America is indeed one of considerable advancement and change—but that there is still much to be done in shaping American institutions to recognize gays and lesbians as full citizens. With impressive scope and fascinating examples, Engel traces the relationship between gay and lesbian individuals and the government from the late nineteenth century through the present. Engel shows that gays and lesbians are more accurately described as fragmented citizens. Despite the marriage ruling, Engel argues that LGBT Americans still do not have full legal protections against workplace, housing, family, and other kinds of discrimination. There remains a continuing struggle of the state to control the sexuality of gay and lesbian citizens—they continue to be fragmented citizens.  Engel argues that understanding the development of the idea of gay and lesbian individuals as ‘less-than-whole’ citizens can help us make sense of the government’s continued resistance to full equality despite massive changes in public opinion. Furthermore, he argues that it was the state’s ability to identify and control gay and lesbian citizens that allowed it to develop strong administrative capacities to manage all of its citizens in matters of immigration, labor relations, and even national security. The struggle for gay and lesbian rights, then, affected not only the lives of those seeking equality but also the very nature of American governance itself.  Fragmented Citizens is a sweeping historical and political account of how our present-day policy debates around citizenship and equality came to be.   

Автор: Kury Franklin L.
Название: Why Are You Here?: A Primer for State Legislators and Citizens
ISBN: 0761864628 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761864622
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 52090.00 T
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Описание: Why Are You Here? A Primer for State Legislators and Citizens is a challenge to America`s 7,382 state legislators and their constituents to critically examine their state legislature and take appropriate action to improve it.

Автор: Oberst, Robert C.
Название: Legislators And Representation In Sri Lanka
ISBN: 0367157926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367157920
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Focusing on the work of Sri Lankan legislators, this book offers a model of representation in examining parliamentary systems, especially those found in the Third World. It explores an important part of legislators` responsibilities as the country seeks to decentralize its development planning.

Автор: Brewer-Car?as
Название: Constitutional Courts as Positive Legislators
ISBN: 1107613086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107613089
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book analyzes the courts` role, conditioned by the principles of progressiveness and of prevalence of human rights, particularly regarding the important rediscovery of the right to equality and non-discrimination.

Автор: Adams Katherine H.
Название: Claiming Her Place in Congress: Women from American Political Families as Legislators
ISBN: 1476677182 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476677187
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Drawing on extensive research and conversations with successful women politicians, this book offers a history and investigation of the political opportunities provided to women through familial connections.

Автор: Engel Stephen
Название: Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives
ISBN: 1479809128 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479809127
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 74410.00 T
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Описание: A sweeping historical and political account of how our present-day policy debates around citizenship and equality came to be  The landmark Supreme Court decision in June 2015 legalizing the right to same-sex marriage marked a major victory in gay and lesbian rights in the United States. Once subject to a patchwork of laws granting legal status to same-sex couples in some states and not others, gay and lesbian Americans now enjoy full legal status for their marriages wherever they travel or reside in the country. For many, the Supreme Court’s ruling means that gay and lesbian citizens are one step closer to full equality with the rest of America.  In Fragmented Citizens, Stephen M. Engel contends that the present moment in gay and lesbian rights in America is indeed one of considerable advancement and change—but that there is still much to be done in shaping American institutions to recognize gays and lesbians as full citizens. With impressive scope and fascinating examples, Engel traces the relationship between gay and lesbian individuals and the government from the late nineteenth century through the present. Engel shows that gays and lesbians are more accurately described as fragmented citizens. Despite the marriage ruling, Engel argues that LGBT Americans still do not have full legal protections against workplace, housing, family, and other kinds of discrimination. There remains a continuing struggle of the state to control the sexuality of gay and lesbian citizens—they continue to be fragmented citizens.  Engel argues that understanding the development of the idea of gay and lesbian individuals as ‘less-than-whole’ citizens can help us make sense of the government’s continued resistance to full equality despite massive changes in public opinion. Furthermore, he argues that it was the state’s ability to identify and control gay and lesbian citizens that allowed it to develop strong administrative capacities to manage all of its citizens in matters of immigration, labor relations, and even national security. The struggle for gay and lesbian rights, then, affected not only the lives of those seeking equality but also the very nature of American governance itself.  Fragmented Citizens is a sweeping historical and political account of how our present-day policy debates around citizenship and equality came to be.