
Gender and Citizenship
Politics and Agency in France, Britain and Denmark
Birte Siim(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 7. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-521-59843-9 (ISBN)
Description
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, first published in 2000, 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 research about Scandinavian social policy and makes an important and timely contribution to debates in political sociology, social policy and gender studies.
Reviews / Votes
'... a very important and timely contribution to ongoing debates on citizenship, in particular in Europe but also beyond.' DemocratizationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
7 Tables, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-59843-9 (9780521598439)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
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.