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- Title
Institutionally homophobic? Political parties and the substantive representation of LGBT people: Westminster and regional UK elections 1945-2011.
- Authors
Chaney, Paul
- Abstract
This article explores the substantive representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in party manifestos in general elections and regional elections in the United Kingdom, 1945-2011. The findings show that while there is some evidence of progress, there is also significant variation in the attention that parties afford to LGBT issues, and a general failure to fully apply international principles and mainstreaming theory in election programmes. It is argued that an 'asymmetrical electoral bargain' applies: parties increasingly court LGBT voters yet often do so in a reductive and limited manner. This suggests that elements of institutionally homophobic practice endure in contemporary electoral politics.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; POLITICAL parties; LGBTQ+ people; REPRESENTATIVE government; INSTITUTIONAL theory (Sociology); HOMOPHOBIA; POLITICAL platforms; ELECTIONS; CIVIL rights; POLITICAL planning -- Social aspects; LEGAL status of LGBTQ+ people; SOCIAL constructionism
- Publication
Policy & Politics, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 1, p101
- ISSN
0305-5736
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1332/030557312X645793