Contours of citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : women, diversity and practices of citizenship / / edited by Margaret Abraham ...[et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Contours of citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : women, diversity and practices of citizenship / / edited by Margaret Abraham ...[et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.4209 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Political activity |
| Citizenship | |
| Women - Social conditions | |
| Women's rights | |
| Political rights | |
| Diversity in the workplace | |
| Altri autori: |
AbrahamMargaret <1960->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Contours of citizenship |
| ISBN: | 1-315-57406-3 |
| 1-317-16015-0 | |
| 1-317-16014-2 | |
| 1-282-52497-6 | |
| 9786612524974 | |
| 0-7546-9527-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792358203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Gender in a global/local world.