Lesbian and gay politics and participation in New Labour's Britain

Carabine, Jean and Monro, Surya (2004). Lesbian and gay politics and participation in New Labour's Britain. Social Politics, 11(2) pp. 312–327.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxh038

Abstract

This article draws on a two-year ESRC-funded research project on lesbian and gay equality in British local government to explore the possibilities for lesbian and gay politics and participation in New Labour's Britain. It is argued that in the absence of any explicit central government policy supporting lesbian and gay equalities, UK local authorities and community actors are required to act strategically and creatively with available policy discourses and initiatives to create spaces for their purposes. The effectiveness of such strategies, and decisions about which strategies to pursue, are also very much dependent on and affected by local political, cultural, and religious contexts and history.

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• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1468-2893
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• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Not Set	R000239293	ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)

• Extra Information
• Special Issue: New Contexts for Collective Action: The Politics of Parenting, Partnering, and Participation
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• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• Mina Panchal