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Contested Issue and Incremental Change: The Example of LGBTI in EU Foreign Policy

Umstrittener Wechsel durch schrittweisen Wandel - Wie LGBTI Teil der EU-Außenpolitik wurde
[journal article]

Malmedie, Lydia

Abstract

Ten years ago, sexual orientation and gender identity were not considered topics that should be worked on as part of EU foreign policy. Today we can say that these issues are institutionalized and formalized as Council Guidelines for the promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans... view more

Ten years ago, sexual orientation and gender identity were not considered topics that should be worked on as part of EU foreign policy. Today we can say that these issues are institutionalized and formalized as Council Guidelines for the promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. This paper addresses the question of how this was possible, given the contested nature of the topic and absence of apparent external shocks that are often cited by institutional literature to explain such radical changes. The analysis of interviews suggests that the interplay between the external political context and internal factors shaped a series of incremental changes, each building on the previous one. It confirms the dynamic nature of institutions and shows how actors, enabled and constrained by institutions, act less strategically than is often assumed.... view less


Vor zehn Jahren waren sexuelle Orientierung und soziales Geschlecht noch Tabuthemen und weit davon entfernt, Teil der EU-Außenpolitik zu sein. Heutzutage jedoch sind sie in Form von EU Guidelines zur Verbreitung von Menschenrechten für lesbische, schwule, bisexuelle, transgender und intersexuelle Me... view more

Vor zehn Jahren waren sexuelle Orientierung und soziales Geschlecht noch Tabuthemen und weit davon entfernt, Teil der EU-Außenpolitik zu sein. Heutzutage jedoch sind sie in Form von EU Guidelines zur Verbreitung von Menschenrechten für lesbische, schwule, bisexuelle, transgender und intersexuelle Menschen formalisiert und institutionalisiert. Solch grundsätzlicher Wandel wird in der Literatur oft durch externe Schocks erklärt, die jedoch in diesem Fall fehlen. Basierend auf Interview- und Dokumentenanalyse zeigt dieser Aufsatz, dass durch das Zusammenspiel von internen und externen Faktoren eine Serie kleinerer Veränderungen zu dem Wechsel führen konnten. Zudem wird deutlich, dass Akteure weniger strategisch handeln als oft angenommen wird.... view less

Keywords
human rights; institutional change; EU; foreign policy; political change; sexual orientation; gender; gender

Classification
European Politics

Free Keywords
incremental change; EU foreign policy; LGBTI; inkrementeller Wandel; EU-Außenpolitik; LSBTI

Document language
English

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 35-50

Journal
der moderne staat - dms: Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 9 (2016) 1

Issue topic
Contested Public Organizations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v9i1.23639

ISSN
2196-1395

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0


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