In the hands of women
eBook - PDF

In the hands of women

Paradigms of citizenship

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

In the hands of women

Paradigms of citizenship

About this book

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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Yes, you can access In the hands of women by Susan Buckingham,Geraldine Lievesley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Civics & Citizenship. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. In the hands of women: Paradigms of citizenship
  2. PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Contributors
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Women and the experience of citizenship
  10. 2 Gender, international law and the emergence of environmental citizenship
  11. 3 Environmental action as a space for developing women’s citizenship
  12. 4 A place for citizenship? Women, urban design and neighbourhood planning
  13. 5 Identity, gender and citizenship: women in Latin and Central America and in Cuba
  14. 6 Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers: mothers challenging the Russian state
  15. 7 Conclusions
  16. Index