Table of Contents

Contents - 6[-]Preface - 8[-]Introduction - 12[-]Chapter One:The road to registered partnership - 40[-]Chapter Two:Is marriage what we want? - 70[-]Chapter Three:Gay marriage in mainstream politics - 92[-]Chapter Four: Implementation - 116[-]Chapter Five:Gender and marriage statistics - 128[-]Chapter Six:The next step - 146[-]Summary and conclusions - 168[-]Notes - 180[-]Appendix: Political parties and gay and lesbian rights groups in Scandinavia - 214[-]References - 222[-]Index - 240

About the Author

Jens Rydstr�m is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden. He is also the author of Sinners and citizens: Bestiality and homosexuality in Sweden 1880-1950. University of Chicago Press (2003).