This book examines same-sex unions policy (SSU) developments in
eighteen western democracies and seeks to explain why the
overwhelming majority of these countries has implemented a national
law to recognise gay and lesbian couples since 1989. Drawing on
extensive interview and document analysis the book illustrates the
ways in which SSU policy debates and outcomes have been catalysed
by international norm diffusion and social learning. The second
part of the study analyses these processes in greater depth using
two comparative case studies (Germany and the Netherlands; the
United States and Canada) to identify how the norm influences
domestic policy debates as well as which factors determine how much
power it can exert in different national environments. The case
study analysis also reveals why western democracies have
implemented different models of recognition (marriage vs.
registered partnership vs. unregistered cohabitant). -- .
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