The Lesbian and Gay Movements: Assimilation or Liberation? (Dilemmas in American Politics) - Softcover

Rimmerman, Craig A

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9780813340548: The Lesbian and Gay Movements: Assimilation or Liberation? (Dilemmas in American Politics)

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ISBN 10: 0813340543 ISBN 13: 9780813340548

Publisher: Westview Press, 2007

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Throughout their relatively short history, the lesbian and gay movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over whether to embrace assimilationist or liberationist strategies. This new book explores this dilemma in both contemporary and historical contexts, describing the sources of these conflicts, to what extent the conflicts have been resolved, and how they might be resolved in future. The text also tackles the challenging issue of what constitutes movement �effectiveness” and how �effective” the assimilationist and liberationist strategies have been in three contentious policy arenas: the military ban, same-sex marriage, and AIDS. Considerable attention is devoted to how policy elites-most notably Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton; Congress; and the Supreme Court-have responded to the movements’ grievances. The book examines the George W. Bush presidency with an eye to assessing how political opportunities have informed the broader lesbian and gay movements’ strategies, and also details the response of the Christian Right to the movements’ various assimilationist and liberationist strategies.

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Throughout their relatively short history, the lesbian and gay movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over whether to embrace assimilationist or liberationist strategies. This book explores this dilemma in both contemporary and historical contexts. In doing so, it describes the sources of these conflicts, to what extent thee conflicts have been resolved, and how such conflicts might be resolved in future. It also tackles the challenging issue of what constitutes movement" effectiveness" and how "effective" the assimilationist and liberationist strategies have been in three contentious policy arenas--the military ban, same-sex marriage, and AIDS. The book devotes considerable attention to how policy elites (most notably Presidents, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton; Congress: the Supreme Court) have responded to the movements' grievances. Finally considerable attention is devoted to the first tow years of the George W. Bush presidency with an eye to assessing how shifting political opportunities have informed the broader lesbian and gay movements' strategies.

The response of the Christian Right to the movements' various assimilationist and liberationist strategies will also be integrated along the way.

About the Author:

Craig A. Rimmerman is professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the editor of Westview Press's Dilemmas in American Politics series. He is also author of Presidency by Plebiscite: The Reagan-Bush Era in Institutional Perspective, and co-editor with Kenneth A. Wald and Clyde Wilcox of The Politics of Gay Rights.

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