How equal is equality? Discussions about same-sex marriage in Portugal

In Portugal, public and political discussions about same-sex marriage have been going on since the 1990s. In 2010, same-sex marriage was legalized under intense dispute since it excludes same-sex couples from adoption and reproductive rights. During parliamentary debates, political parties and civil organizations linked to the Catholic Church resorted to conflicting ideas of ‘equality’ and ‘difference’ to advance their claims. In this article, we analyse the contents of petitions, bills and parliamentary proceedings concerning the legal recognition of same-sex unions, highlighting the presence of conflicting notions of equality linked to pervasive beliefs about the inadequacy of homo-erotic desire and practices

Nouveau traité des priviléges et hypothèques suivant les principles du Code civil : avec des modèles des différens actes qui ont rapport au régime hypothécaire.

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European Welfare States in their relation to the family

Kaufmann F-X. European Welfare States in their relation to the family. In: Commaille J, de Singly F, eds. The European Family. Amsterdam: Kluwer; 1997: 91-102

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UNICAMP; ITAIPU; Ministério da Educação do Brasil; CNPqO artigo apresenta o dossiê temático 'Conhecimento e Política'. O autor contextualiza a leitura dos artigos que integram o dossiê, apresentando alguns elementos essenciais para caracterização do projecto de investigação europeu KNOWandPOL, no âmbito do qual os estudos foram conduzidos. Para além de clarificar os objectivos do projecto, o autor põe em evidência três das suas orientações teóricas fundamentais: a política como acção pública; a regulação como multiregulação; o conhecimento como processo social