In the Hands of Women Paradigms of Citizenship |
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| Editor:
| Buckingham, Susan
Lievesley, Geraldine |
| Series title: | Perspectives on Democratic Practice MUP Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7190-6910-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $153.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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.