Citizenship : feminist perspectives /

The competing pressures of globalization and immigration have forced Americans - as well as people from most other countries - to think long and hard about what it means to be a citizen. In Citizenship: Feminist Perspectives, Ruth Lister argues for a new feminist notion of citizenship, one that can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lister, Ruth, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 1997
New York, N.Y. : 1997
Washington Square, N.Y. : 1997
Washington Square, N.Y. : 1997
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why Citizenship?
  • Pt. I A Theoretical Framework. Ch. 1. What is Citizenship? Ch. 2. Inclusion or Exclusion? Ch. 3. A Differentiated Universalism. Ch. 4. Beyond Dichotomy
  • Pt. II. Across the Public-Private Divide: Policy, Practice and Politics. Ch. 5. Private-Public: the Barriers to Citizenship. Ch. 6. Women's Political Citizenship: Different and Equal. Ch. 7. Women's Social Citizenship: Earning and Caring. Conclusion: Towards a Feminist Theory and Praxis of Citizenship.