LGBT Rights in the EU
(2013) STVM20 20131Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The thesis examines the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the European Union (EU). After accession to the EU, one of the EU’s most powerful weapons for ensuring adaption into the EU norms and rules - conditionality - is lost. In some EU Member States, the EU norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities has not yet been successfully adopted. Using Europeanisation theory as a theoretical framework, the thesis aims at examining what tools the EU have at its disposal to ensure that the norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities is adopted in all its Member States. More specifically, in the absence of external incentives, does the EU use mechanisms of social learning? The study conclude... (More)
- The thesis examines the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the European Union (EU). After accession to the EU, one of the EU’s most powerful weapons for ensuring adaption into the EU norms and rules - conditionality - is lost. In some EU Member States, the EU norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities has not yet been successfully adopted. Using Europeanisation theory as a theoretical framework, the thesis aims at examining what tools the EU have at its disposal to ensure that the norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities is adopted in all its Member States. More specifically, in the absence of external incentives, does the EU use mechanisms of social learning? The study conclude that the EU do use social learning, along with other mechanisms, but could benefit from having a strategic framework for LGBT issues within the Union. (Less)
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- author
- Kristoffersson, Mattias LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM20 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- social learning Europeanization Norms Sexual orientation LGBT
- language
- English
- id
- 3798743
- date added to LUP
- 2013-07-01 13:05:32
- date last changed
- 2013-07-01 13:05:32
@misc{3798743, abstract = {{The thesis examines the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the European Union (EU). After accession to the EU, one of the EU’s most powerful weapons for ensuring adaption into the EU norms and rules - conditionality - is lost. In some EU Member States, the EU norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities has not yet been successfully adopted. Using Europeanisation theory as a theoretical framework, the thesis aims at examining what tools the EU have at its disposal to ensure that the norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities is adopted in all its Member States. More specifically, in the absence of external incentives, does the EU use mechanisms of social learning? The study conclude that the EU do use social learning, along with other mechanisms, but could benefit from having a strategic framework for LGBT issues within the Union.}}, author = {{Kristoffersson, Mattias}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{LGBT Rights in the EU}}, year = {{2013}}, }