Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g
Politics and Agency in France, Britain and Denmark
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-59154-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Recent feminist analysis shows that the prevailing concepts of citizenship often assume a male citizen. How, then, does this affect the agency and participation of women in modern democracies? This insightful book presents a systematic comparison of 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. Birte Siim argues that France still suffers from the contradictions of pro-natalist policy, and that Britain is only just starting to re-conceptualise the male-breadwinner model that is still a dominant feature. In her examination of the dual-breadwinner model in Denmark, Siim presents new research about Scandinavian social policy and makes an important and timely contribution to debates in political sociology, social policy and gender studies.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
