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UNINA9910792424103321 |
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Titolo |
Gender equality, citizenship and human rights : controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic countries / / edited by Pauline Stoltz. [et al.] |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-99068-2 |
1-282-58684-X |
9786612586842 |
0-203-85445-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Routledge research in comparative politics ; ; 33 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women's rights - China |
Women's rights - Scandinavia |
Citizenship - China |
Citizenship - Scandinavia |
Human rights - China |
Human rights - Scandinavia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Rights and responsibilities in a gendered world: Equality in/between China and the Nordic countries; Part I: Gender equality, citizenship and human rights; Introduction to Part I: Setting the stage; 1 'It is the people who serve the government': Interview with Ai Xiaoming; 2 'Today all the discussions and all the conflicts are about intersectionality': Interview with Tiina Rosenberg; 3 Advancing women's international human rights in China; 4 Gender, diversity and transnational citizenship |
Part II: Controversies and challengesIntroduction to Part II: The cases; 5 Speaking out and space-making: The emergence of gay identities and communities in China; 6 Privileged irresponsibility, structural responsibility and moral contradictions among employers in the EU domestic work sector; 7 The safety and health of female migrant |
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workers in China; 8 Globalisation, diaspora politics and gender: Muslims in Sweden; 9 Gender equality and human rights: The significance of ICCPR in China; 10 National implementation of human rights: A threat to 'representative democracy'?; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This comparative volume examines the ways in which current controversies and political, legal, and social struggles for gender equality raise conceptual questions and challenge our thinking on political theories of equality, citizenship and human rights. Bringing together scholars and activists who reflect upon challenges to gender equality, citizenship, and human rights in their respective societies; it combines theoretical insights with empirically grounded studies. The volume contextualises feminist political theory in China and the Nordic countries and subsequently puts it into a |
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