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

by Birte Siim

Overview

This book 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. Birte Siim argues that France still suffers from the contradictions of pro-natalist policy, and that Britain is only just starting to reconceptualize the male-breadwinner model that is still a dominant feature. Examination of the dual-breadwinner model in Denmark reveals new research about Scandinavian social policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521591546
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/25/2000
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

'… a very important and timely contribution to ongoing debates on citizenship, in particular in Europe but also beyond.' Democratization

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