The Politics of LGBT Policy Adoption

Shibuya Ward's SameSex Partnership Certificates in the Japanese Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2896347
AutoresYasuo Takao (0000-0002-8425-8476, Curtin University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen90
Número1
Páginas7-27
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditorialPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/20179017
OpenAlexW2592926479
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas5

This article will examine the determinants of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) policy adoption in Shibuya, one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo, by taking an actor-specific approach to the first case of officially recognized same-sex partnership in Japan. How did the sexual minority issue become the subject of official agendas? How did actors both inside and outside the municipal government seize agenda-setting opportunities for government action? The results indicate that key policy makers’ entrepreneurship played a primary role in the official recognition of same-sex partnership by linking policy solutions with agenda-setting opportunities. This analysis demonstrates that the adoption of municipal LGBT policy does not necessarily reflect the redistribution of non-material resources, such as citizen values, but rather resembles the patterns of welfare politics

Context (archaeology · General partnership · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies