nalism. Through three neo-institutionalist lenses-historical, sociological and discursive-contributors investigate two aspects of the processes of adoption or opposition of equal recognition of same-sex partnerships. Firstly, they reveal how claims by LGBTIQ movements are being framed politically and brought to parliamentary politics. Secondly, they explore the ways in which same-sex marriage becomes institutionalized (or resisted) through legal and societal norms and practices. Although it adopts neo-institutionalism as its main theoretical framework, the book incorporates a broad range of perspectives, including scholarship on social movements, LGBTI rights, heterosexuality and social norms, and gender and politics.

1.  Institutionalizing Same-Sex Marriage in Argentina and Mexico: The Role of Federalism.- 2. A Tale of Two Congresses: Sex, Institutions and Evangelicals in Brazil and Chile.- 3. Historical Institutionalism and Same-Sex Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. And Canada.- 4. Understanding Same-Sex Marriage Debates in Malawi and South Africa.- 5. Same-Sex Marriage in France and Spain: Comparing Resistance in a Centralized Secular Republic and the Dynamics of Change in A "Quasi-Federal" Constitutional Monarchy.- 6. Europeanizing vs. Nationalizing the Issue of Same-Sex Marriage in Central Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Framing Processes in Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.- 7. Preserving the Social Fabric: Debating Family, Equality, and Polity in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Australia.- 8. The Globalization of LGBT Identity and Same-Sex Marriage as a Catalyst of Neo-Institutional Values: Singapore and Indonesia in Focus.- 9. Pathways to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage in China and Taiwan: Globalization And "Chinese Values".