Gender and Citizenship - Politics and Agency in France, Britain and Denmark

Klappentext This book examines the links between women's social rights and democratic citizenship. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 2000! compares the links between women's social rights and democratic citizenship in three different citizenship models: republican citizenship in France! liberal citizenship in Britain! and social citizenship in Denmark. It contains important research about Scandinavian social policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: feminist rethinking of citizenship; 1. Towards a gender sensitive framework of citizenship; 2. Theories about citizenship; 3. Feminist approaches to citizenship; 4. Gender and citizenship: the French case; 5. Gender and citizenship: the British case; 6. Gender and citizenship: the Danish case; Conclusion: towards a contextualised feminist theory of citizenship.

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• Authors: Birte Siim, Birte (Aalborg University Siim, Siim Birte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2000
• EAN: 9780521591546
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59154-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Denmark, France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social issues & processes, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Civics and citizenship