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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450062003321

Titolo

Women and citizenship [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marilyn Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-029187-7

0-19-983577-2

1-281-19703-3

9786611197032

0-19-803907-7

1-4237-3415-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Studies in feminist philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

FriedmanMarilyn <1945->

Disciplina

323.3/4

Soggetti

Women's rights

Women - Government policy

Women - Political activity

Women - Social conditions

Citizenship

Feminist theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held at Washington University in St. Louis in April 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Citizenship, Government, and Law""; ""1. The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State""; ""2. French Universalism in the Nineties""; ""3. Battered Women, Intimidation, and the Law""; ""Part II. Practices of Citizenship in Culture and Civil Society""; ""4. Women�s Community Activism and the Rejection of ��Politics��: Some Dilemmas of Popular Democratic Movements""; ""5. Arenas of Citizenship: Civil Society, the State, and the Global Order""

""6. Multiple Subjectivities: Chicanas and Cultural Citizenship""""7. Care as the Work of Citizens: A Modest Proposal""; ""Part III. Grounds of



Citizenship in Culture and Civil Society""; ""8. The Kin Contract and Citizenship in the Middle East""; ""9. Citizenship and Faith""; ""10. Women�s Education: A Global Challenge""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the political & cultural dimensions of citizenship & their relevance to women & gender. Containing essays by leading scholars such as Iris Marion Young, Alison Jaggar, Martha Nussbaum, it examines the conceptual issues & strategies at play in the feminist quest to give women full citizenship status.