IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN by Susan Buckingham (Editor), Geraldine Lievesley (Editor) ( 9780719069109 )

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Title:

IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN
PARADIGMS OF CITIZENSHIP

By:

Susan Buckingham (Editor), Geraldine Lievesley (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0719069106

ISBN 13:

9780719069109

Publisher:

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

31 August, 2006

Series:

Perspectives on Democratic Practice

Pages:

224

Description:

Addresses the degree to which women are full citizens in the early 21st century, showing how citizenship gains that women have made are largely despite, rather than because of, existing political structures. -- .

Synopsis:

This book addresses how women experience or are denied citizenship from the perspective of a multi-disciplinary group of women academics and through the use of wide-ranging case studies. The case studies demonstrate both the diversity of women's lives and the commonalities of many of the problems they face. The book considers how politico-legal definitions of citizenship and the practices that these inform are often disengaged from women's lives or, indeed, are intended to envelop those lives in gender stereotypes. Each case-study considers how women challenge these normative assumptions and, through their own activities, create an empowered citizenship. -- .

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Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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