Citizenship and the European Community

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Meehan is Professor in the Department of Politics at the Queen's University of Belfast, where she is also the Jean Monnet Professor of European Social Policy. Elizabeth Meehan is the author of Women's Rights at Work (1985), co-author of Feminism and Political Theory (1986) and co-editor of Equality Politics and Gender (1991). Elizabeth Meehan is Chair of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom. Klappentext In this timely contribution to the debates on citizenship, Elizabeth Meehan provides an incisive analysis of the meaning of citizenship, and the links between civil, political and social citizenship. The book provides a clear account of the development of social rights within the European community in three key areas: social security and assistance; participation by workers in the undertakings in which they are employed; and the equal treatment of men and women. The author critically assesses the extent to which inequalities of class, gender and ethnicity are successfully addressed by community social policies. Zusammenfassung Examines the meaning of European citizenship! its difference from national citizenship and its effect on national citizenship. The links between civil! political and social citizenship is identified and an account of the development of social rights within the EC is provided. Inhaltsverzeichnis National or European Citizenship? National Citizenship to European Civil Society The Constitutional Framework of Community Rights Economic and Social Cooperation Class and Citizenship Sex and Citizenship The Equal Protection of Community Laws Political Rights and Political Union

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth M Meehan, Elizabeth M. Meehan
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.1993
• EAN: 9780803984295
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8429-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social discrimination & inequality, Migration, immigration and emigration, EU (European Union), Civil rights & citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Civics and citizenship, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, European Politics;Social Policy