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A Foe of Democracy, Gender and Sexual Equality in Macedonia: The Worrisome Role of the Party VMRO-DPMNE
- Source :
- Politics and Governance, The Feminist Project under Threat in Europe, Politics and Governance, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 55-66 (2018), Politics and Governance, 6(3), 55-66. Cogitatio Press
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Cogitatio, 2018.
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Abstract
- Between 2006 and 2017, the political power in the Republic of Macedonia was predominantly held by the Christian-democratic party VMRO-DPMNE. Its increasing opposition to gender and sexual equality manifested, inter alia, in the imposition of an antidiscrimination law, which did not explicitly recognise sexual orientation as a ground of discrimination, the replacement of the rather liberal abortion law with a restrictive one, and the two attempts to constitutionally define marriage as a heterosexual union. Building upon earlier inquiries into the development of the LGBT movement in Macedonia and the introduction of the new abortion law, I examine here the discourse which the ruling coalitions used to justify the removal of the term ‘sexual orientation’ from the antidiscrimination law, and the need for a constitutional definition of marriage. I explore further how the authorities pushed their conservative agenda by undermining democracy through infringement of the official legislative procedures and suppression of dissent. In closing, I underline the retrograde impact of de-democratisation on the already and the yet to be attained progressive legislation and practices in the realm of gender and sexual equality.
- Subjects :
- Antidiskriminierungsgesetz
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science
Politikwissenschaft
party politics
Suppression of dissent
media_common.quotation_subject
0211 other engineering and technologies
Opposition (politics)
Legislation
02 engineering and technology
equal rights law
Mazedonien
Politics
lcsh:Political science (General)
Geschlechterpolitik
sexual orientation
Political science
antidiscrimination law
constitutional definition of marriage
de-democratisation
gender equality
Macedonia
NGOs
party VMRO-DPMNE
sexual equality
state capture
gender
050602 political science & public administration
Parteipolitik
equal opportunity policy
lcsh:JA1-92
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
marriage
media_common
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
05 social sciences
Legislature
sexuelle Orientierung
Democracy
0506 political science
Abortion law
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
gender policy
Law
ddc:320
Sexual orientation
ddc:300
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Gleichstellungspolitik
Between 2006 and 2017, the political power in the Republic of Macedonia was predominantly held by the Christian-democratic party VMRO-DPMNE. Its increasing opposition to gender and sexual equality manifested, inter alia, in the imposition of an antidiscri
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21832463
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Politics and Governance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....985eedfdbb5286b092568f3d655fbadb