Understanding Cultural Policing and Segregation of LGBTQ+ Communities in Poland

Sramota, Sarah; Eski, Yarin

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29893-6_2

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“…Scholars of the politics of sexuality in Poland typically focus on the following features of its development: political culture, especially, communist legacies and religious identity (Ayoub 2016;Grzymała-Busse 2016;Hall 2016;Kula 2012;Owczarzak 2009;Ramet 2006;Walicki 2000); the politics of democratization (Kliszczyński 2001;Kulpa and Mizielińska 2011;Szulc 2017); transnational diffusion (Ayoub 2016;Binnie and Klesse 2013;Graff 2008;Holzhacker 2012;O'Dwyer 2012;O'Dwyer and Schwartz 2010;Rawłuszko 2021); and social movements and political parties (Bielska 2018;Chetaille 2011;Ferens 2006;Graff 2006;Gruszczynska 2009;Krzemiński 2006;O'Dwyer 2018;Pankowski 2010;Shibata 2013). Only recently -and spurred by the advent of LGBT Free Zones -have scholars begun to analyze the subnational level (Bucholc 2022;Haas et al 2023;Lewicki 2023;Ploszka 2023;Rafałowski 2023;Sramota and Eski 2023;Żuk, Pluciński, and Żuk 2021). Subnational politics are crucial for understanding LGBT rights issues in both Poland and in other comparative cases.…”

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When do Local Governments Discriminate? Lessons from the Spread of “LGBT Free Zones” in Poland

Stenberg,

O'Dwyer

2023

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Beginning in 2019, many subnational governments in Poland created discriminatory, so-called “LGBT Free Zones.” Against trends of expanding minority rights in much of the world in recent decades, the Polish example shows the persistence and even expansion of discriminatory policies against minoritized groups, especially on the less-visible level of subnational politics. Our paper seeks to understand where subnational governments pursue these discriminatory policies. To maximize leverage and comparability, we analyze variation in the establishment of local-level discriminatory policies across 2,477 Polish municipalities, which have occurred against a national-level backdrop of democratic backsliding under the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party. Local zones are most likely to be implemented through direct diffusion channels, where PiS officials hold municipal offices and where higher-level units (counties) also implement such zones. We contribute to our understanding of government-led discrimination against minoritized populations as well as subnational rule of law violations in EU member states.

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