ISBN:
9781315145013
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 245 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics 20
DDC:
306.84/8
Keywords:
Homosexualität
;
Gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe
;
Recht
;
Politik
;
Wirtschaft
;
Same-sex marriage
;
Same-sex marriage Political aspects
;
Same-sex marriage Economic aspects
;
Democracy Economic aspects
;
Economic policy
;
Social structure History 21st century
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
Abstract:
"Same-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-nine countries and the subject of continued debate around the world. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique considers this debate from a political economy perspective. Rather than engaging directly in the now well-rehearsed social-movement and academic for-and-against debates, this book focuses on processes of institutionalization of same-sex marriage and so-called "rainbow families" within (neo)liberal capitalist democracies. It examines how states and markets appropriate same-sex marriage and family to enhance their own political and symbolic capital, consolidating power and profit within existing systems of gendered and raced socioeconomic stratification. Taking a radical feminist, heterodox, qualitative and intersectional approach, this book investigates the political economy of same-sex marriage across three axes: same-sex marriage as institution; same-sex marriage and the market; and the political economy of the "rainbow family". The examination of case studies from different countries and regions enables a comparative analysis that foregrounds cultural, political and economic path dependencies while at the same time highlighting a number of striking commonalities. In all the countries discussed in this book and in most respects, same-sex marriage has been integrated almost seamlessly into a mainstream/malestream political economy of marriage and family and its translation into added market and productive value. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique will be of use to researchers and students alike, and indeed to all those who are curious about the mainstreaming of homosexuality within twenty-first century capitalist democracies"--...
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 200-241
DOI:
10.4324/9781315145013
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315145013
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145013
