Bronwyn Winter is Professor of Transnational Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, where she teaches in the European Studies and International and Global Studies programs. Her research lies at the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, religion, migration, conflict and the state, often in relation to international discourses and practices concerning gendered political economy, human rights and violence in a globalised world.

• Introduction Part I (Same-sex) marriage as institution 1. Marriage and family as value in liberal capitalist societies 2. From subversive challenge to liberal rights 3. State rationales: Three case studies Part II Selling same-sex marriage 4. Rainbowing the workplace 5. Same-sex wedding tourism 6. Same-sex marriage intersectionally: Gender, class and race dynamics Part III The political economy of "rainbow families" 7. "Working families": Parenting, productivity and policy 8. "Caring families" and the (still) gendered privatisation of risk 9. Gay dads: The "queered" political economy of surrogacy Conclusion

Bronwyn Winter is Professor of Transnational Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, where she teaches in the European Studies and International and Global Studies programs. Her research lies at the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, religion, migration, conflict and the state, often in relation to international discourses and practices concerning gendered political economy, human rights and violence in a globalised world.

• Introduction Part I (Same-sex) marriage as institution 1. Marriage and family as value in liberal capitalist societies 2. From subversive challenge to liberal rights 3. State rationales: Three case studies Part II Selling same-sex marriage 4. Rainbowing the workplace 5. Same-sex wedding tourism 6. Same-sex marriage intersectionally: Gender, class and race dynamics Part III The political economy of "rainbow families" 7. "Working families": Parenting, productivity and policy 8. "Caring families" and the (still) gendered privatisation of risk 9. Gay dads: The "queered" political economy of surrogacy Conclusion

Bronwyn Winter is Professor of Transnational Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, where she teaches in the European Studies and International and Global Studies programs. Her research lies at the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, religion, migration, conflict and the state, often in relation to international discourses and practices concerning gendered political economy, human rights and violence in a globalised world.

• Introduction Part I (Same-sex) marriage as institution 1. Marriage and family as value in liberal capitalist societies 2. From subversive challenge to liberal rights 3. State rationales: Three case studies Part II Selling same-sex marriage 4. Rainbowing the workplace 5. Same-sex wedding tourism 6. Same-sex marriage intersectionally: Gender, class and race dynamics Part III The political economy of "rainbow families" 7. "Working families": Parenting, productivity and policy 8. "Caring families" and the (still) gendered privatisation of risk 9. Gay dads: The "queered" political economy of surrogacy Conclusion