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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459406303321

Titolo

Contours of citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : women, diversity and practices of citizenship / / edited by Margaret Abraham ...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010

ISBN

1-317-16015-0

1-317-16014-2

1-282-52497-6

9786612524974

0-7546-9527-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Gender in a global/local world

Altri autori (Persone)

AbrahamMargaret <1960->

Disciplina

305.4209

Soggetti

Women - Political activity

Citizenship

Women - Social conditions

Women's rights

Political rights

Diversity in the workplace

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Rethinking Citizenship with Women in Focus; 2 Less Preferred Workers and Citizens in the Making; 3 Globalization, Work, and Citizenship: The Call Centre Industry in India; 4 Female Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Spain; 5 "Becoming a Citizen": Albanian Women's Civic Education and Political Engagement in Greece; 6 The Globalizing Era and Citizenship Rights for Indigenous Australian Women; 7 Post-Colonial Women's Citizenship: Between Identity and Social-Class

8 Mobilization Matters: Moving Immigrant and Latina Women into the Public Sphere9 Citizenship, Gender Equality and the Limits of Law Reform in South Africa; 10 Citizenship Divided, Education Deprived; 11



"Liberation" and the Margins: The Greek Cypriot Experience; 12 Agency and Citizenship in Cross-Border Marriages; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the complexity of citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts. It draws on empirical research from a range of countries, contexts and approaches in addressing women and citizenship in a global/local world and covers a selection of diverse issues. This rich collection informs our understanding of the pitfalls and possibilities for women from the persistence and changes in the contours of citizenship.