Governing Sexuality

Carl Stychin is Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of Reading.

Carl F. Stychin's 'Governing Sexuality' is of enormous interest because it both illustrates a distinguished form of queer legal theory and brings it to bear on developments in Europe...Stychin's discussion of gays as transnational citizens is one of the best chapters in the book...He offers an excellent discussion of the potential 'disciplinary' effect of such measures on gay relationships...This discussion, and many others in this book, combines a strong sense of justice with a shrewd and skeptical eye for the vagaries of liberal political reform. David A.J. Richards International Journal of Constitutional Law Vol 3 No 4 2005 Two years after its publication, Stychin's work on sexual citizenship appears more relevant than ever. Emily Grabham European Public Law, Vol 12, no.1 March 06 Carl Stychin is a pioneer in the field of law and sexuality, and this book is an important, intelligent and sensitive contribution to its development. Matthew Weait, Keele University The British Journal of Sociology May 2005 ...an exciting contribution to the critical legal scholarship on sexuality. Anastasia Vakulenko, PhD Student, University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 2 2005 The strength of Stychin's writing and analysis lies in his ability to trace the complexities of a situation...Governing Sexuality is an exemplary piece of theoretically informed, politically engaged scholarship of a kind that is all too lacking in the contemporary academy. Jon Binnie, Manchester Metropolitan University International Journal of Law in Context, Volume 1/1 2005 Stychin's well researched, well argued, and insightful book Judith A. Baer The Law and Politics Book Review January 2004 We desperately need writers and thinkers such as Stychin to help us make sense of the complexities of the world we live in Governing Sexuality is an exemplary piece of theoretically informed, politically engaged scholarship of a kind that is all too lacking in the contemporary academy. Jon Binnie, Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University International Journal of Law in Context May 2005

• Introduction 1. The Sexual Citizen 2. Queering the Third Way: Sexuality and Citizenship in 'New Britain' 3. Civil Solidarity or Fragmented Identities: Sexuality and Citizenship in France 4. Grant-ing Rights: The Politics of Rights,Sexuality and Citizenship Before the European Court of Justice 5. Transnational Citizens: Mobility and Sexuality 6. 'We Want to Join Europe, not Sodom': Sexuality and European Union Accession in Romania Conclusions