Book contents
- The New Handbook of Political Sociology
- The New Handbook of Political Sociology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I Theories of Political Sociology
- II Media Explosion, Knowledge as Power, and Demographic Reversals
- III The State and Its Political Organizations
- IV Civil Society: The Roots and Processes of Political Action
- V Established and New State Policies and Innovations
- 30 The Evolution of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
- 31 Welfare State Policies and Their Effects
- 32 Sexuality, Gender, and Social Policy
- 33 Migration, Asylum, Integration, and Citizenship Policy
- 34 Cosmopolitanism and Political Sociology
- 35 War, States, and Political Sociology
- VI Globalization and New and Bigger Sources of Power and Resistance
- Index
- References
32 - Sexuality, Gender, and Social Policy
from V - Established and New State Policies and Innovations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The New Handbook of Political Sociology
- The New Handbook of Political Sociology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I Theories of Political Sociology
- II Media Explosion, Knowledge as Power, and Demographic Reversals
- III The State and Its Political Organizations
- IV Civil Society: The Roots and Processes of Political Action
- V Established and New State Policies and Innovations
- 30 The Evolution of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
- 31 Welfare State Policies and Their Effects
- 32 Sexuality, Gender, and Social Policy
- 33 Migration, Asylum, Integration, and Citizenship Policy
- 34 Cosmopolitanism and Political Sociology
- 35 War, States, and Political Sociology
- VI Globalization and New and Bigger Sources of Power and Resistance
- Index
- References
Summary
Gender, gender identity, and sexuality permeate interactions, institutions, and societies, including the organization of the political sphere, as well as the policies that states enact (Connell 1990, 2009; Orloff 1993; Risman 2004; Walby 2002). Expectations and norms around gender, gender identity, and sexuality vary from place to place, over time, and even within the same society, and play a central role in organizing all societies. Such cultural expectations are instantiated in the organization of the state, through its laws, policies, and institutions.
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- The New Handbook of Political Sociology , pp. 842 - 879Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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