In Europe's Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

0559351 - SOÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Guasti, P. - Buštíková, Lenka
In Europe's Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
East European Politics. Roč. 36, č. 2 (2020), s. 226-246. ISSN 2159-9165
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA16-04885S
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : Minorities * European Union * minority * accommodation * backlash
OECD category: Political science
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21599165.2019.1705282?journalCode=fjcs21

This article explores the mechanisms of accommodation and backlash against a new identity group in the Czech Republic and Slovakia-LGBT. Minority demands spark political backlash because societal consensus lags behind the actual accommodation of sexual minorities. The legal framework of the European Union and international pressure groups further accelerate the process of accommodation and polarisation. Yesterday's accommodation in Western Europe is today's demand in Eastern Europe. The common European framework erodes the grip of domestic elites on minority rights and contributes to backlash by social conservative forces.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0332692