Original Sin
A Cross-National Study of the Legality of Homosexual Acts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6245497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Asal (0000-0001-7614-4869, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA), Udi Sommer (0000-0002-9284-5291, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel), Paul G Harwood (User Sentiment Researcher Facebook, Inc.) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 320-351 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010414012453693 |
| OpenAlex | W2027947704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 63 |
This article examines the legality of homosexual acts quantitatively in a cross-national perspective with a large sample of countries from 1972 to 2002. Employing path dependence as its theoretical framework, this work explains how political, economic, and legal institutions at the domestic and international levels affect the lives of individual citizens. The rights and privileges of individuals, the findings of this study indicate, are determined by a wide array of variables, including legal origin, economic development, religion, democratization, and the position of the nation in the international community. The authors use recently released cross-national data concerning decriminalization of homosexual intercourse, economic conditions, and political institutions. A generalized estimating equation analyzes decriminalization of homosexual acts. A Cox proportional hazards model examines how long it takes to introduce this legal reform. Last, this study also offers some important lessons about civil rights and liberties more generally
Decriminalization · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Principle of legality · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
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Routes to decriminalization
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Homophobic Labeling in the Process of Identity Construction
LGBTQ+ Victimization by Extremist Organizations
Policing hate and bridging communities
LGBTQ rights, conservative backlash and the constitutional definition of marriage in Romania
The impact of sodomy law repeals on crime
The sex ratio and global sodomy law reform in the post-WWII era
Attitudes towards homosexuality among ethnic majority and minority adolescents in Western Europe
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality and Perceptions of the United States Abroad
When are churches allowed to discriminate? How churches’ role in public service delivery affects employment equality regulations
Different Subgroups of Homosexuality
Brake rather than Barrier
Religious tides
When Do Voters Support the European Union’s Involvement in Gay Rights
Institutional opportunity structures and the Catholic Church
Cultural foundations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights
A Comparative Analysis of Women’s Political Rights, 1981–2004
Renewalist Christianity and the Political Saliency of LGBTs
Cultural Influences on Transgender Rights
Christianity, Islam and Modernity
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A Global Analysis of Transgender Rights
Cleansing the Caliphate
A matter of timing
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Reassessing the relationship between homophobia and political participation
The Diffusion of Exclusion
Conflict and Coalition
Getting the Message Out
Revolutionary Homophobia
Media's Influence on LGBTQ Support Across Africa
African, Religious, and Tolerant? How Religious Diversity Shapes Attitudes Toward Sexual Minorities in Africa
Dropping the Curtain
Public opinion on morality policy
Contested norms in new-adopter states
The representation of homosexuals in Arabic-language news outlets
Fragmented citizenship in a religious-national democracy
There Is an Eye on Us
Institutional Paths to Policy Change
Decolonizing Decriminalization Analyses
Unpacking the Drivers of LGBT+ Legislation
Don't You Be My Neighbor! Perceptions of Homosexuality in Global Cross-Cultural Perspective, 1990 to 2019
Newspaper Presentations of Homosexuality across Nations
Examining Public Opinion About LGBTQ-Related Issues in the United States and Across Multiple Nations
The Great Refusal
Emancipating Sexuality
Rich DemocraciesPolitical Economy, Public Policy, and Performance
Event History Analysis
Constructing World Culture
Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization
Politics Presidents Make
Handbook of Organizations (RLE
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Islamic Homosexualities
Birth of the Leviathan
Rich Democracies
Development and Crisis of the Welfare State
Social structure and organizations
Transnational America
The Straight State
Generalized Estimating Equation Models for Correlated Data
Critique of compulsory heterosexuality
New perspectives on the spatial dimensions of economic coordination
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From Women's Suffrage to Reproduction Rights? Cross-national Considerations 1
From Women's Suffrage to Reproduction Rights? Cross-national Considerations
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"Much Ado About "Sweet Bugger All
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The Politics of Gay and Lesbian Rights
Gay Rights and American Law
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Social Movement Policy Success
The Effects of Gender on Congressional Behavior and the Substantive Representation of Women
Expanded Trade and GDP Data
Human Rights and the Democratic Proposition
The structural context of recent transitions to democracy
Homophobia, Class and Party in England
Public Opinion in the American States
The Population Ecology of Interest Group Formation
Understanding the Policy Impact of Electing Women
Modernization
The political consequences of the product cycle
And the Unnatural Afterlife of British Colonialism in Asia
Norms, culture, and world politics
The Economic Consequences of Legal Origins
World Culture in the World Polity
The Changing Logic of Political Citizenship
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics
Worldwide Trends in the Criminal Regulation of Sex, 1945 to 2005
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Gay Rights in the States
Homosexual Existence and Existing Socialism
The Empirical Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Politics
The Individualization of Society and the Liberalization of State Policies on Same-Sex Sexual Relations, 1984-1995
Timing Matters
The Politics of Masculinity and the Ex-Gay Movement
Party and Patronage
World Society and the Nation-State
States and Social Revolutions
| Unique citing works | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |