02627    a2200433   450000500170000000800410001702000220005803700360008004000070011604100080012307200150013107200160014607200150016207200160017707200160019307200170020907200150022607200160024107200150025707200130027207200140028507200130029907200140031207200140032607200150034007200130035507200130036807200130038107200210039407200210041507200210043607200150045710000210047224500740049325000060056726000320057330000100060552015780061520250526161935.0250430042025GB        16           eng    a9781032786568qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 39.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJPP2thema7 aJPVH2thema7 aLND2thema7 aJBFA2thema7 aLAQG2thema7 aJBSF22thema7 aLNT2thema7 aQDTS2thema7 aJHB2thema7 aJPP2bic7 aJPVH2bic7 aLND2bic7 aJFFJ2bic7 aLAQG2bic7 aJFSJ22bic7 aLNT2bic7 aHPS2bic7 aJHB2bic7 aPOL0290002bisac7 aPOL0430002bisac7 aPOL0350102bisac7 a3052bisac1 aChris Pepin-Neff10aTolerable InequalitybUnderstanding Public Policy and LGBTQ+ Politics  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20250107  a216 p  bPepin-Neff coins the term ‘Tolerable Inequality’ to examine the ways in which politicians and political actors use the policy process as a tool to make inequality acceptable as a way of keeping power and avoiding penalties. Power is built on the illusion of differences. The public policy process is used to reinforce the illusions of inferiority and superiority that help to keep power in the hands of the powerful. Tolerable Inequality reinforces these differences by diverting attention away from issues that would give marginalized people power, reducing differences between public expectations and reality, and policy reactions that fortify existing social status. The three tactics of Tolerable Inequality include: focused inattention and inaction, deviation harmonization of differences between expectations and perceived reality, and equality governance, where equality is distributed in the policy process relative to conditional compliance and comparative identity. The book explores this concept within the context of LGBTQ+ policy and presents a framework that allows the public to engage in the policy process in ways that highlight the role of expected political penalties in order to reclaim policymaking in the public interest. A comprehensive text for researchers and students in LGBTQ studies, American Studies, Policy Studies, and Legislative Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.