Citizenship in an enlarging Europe : from dream to awakening /
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| Author / Creator: | Einhorn, Barbara. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006. |
| Description: | ix, 254 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6018967 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Democratization and Reinvented National Identity: Contradictory Trends?
- Introduction
- Difficulties in 'transition'
- Gender in transformation/transforming gender
- Gendered nationalisms
- Feminist sightings: prospects for citizenship
- Structure of the book
- 2. Issues of Governance: Contested Strategies for Gender Equity
- Introduction
- Strategies for gender equitable citizenship
- The role of the nation state in political representation
- Civil society activism as political strategy
- European Union enlargement and gender mainstreaming
- Conclusion
- 3. Gender in Mainstream Politics: Scaling the Structures
- Introduction
- What counts as 'politics' and where does it occur?
- The discursive focus on civil society
- Gender in mainstream politics
- Moving gender from margin to centre: the quota debate
- Conclusion
- 4. Civil Society or NGOs: Empowerment or Depoliticization?
- Introduction
- Civil society and gender
- Feminism in East-West dialogue
- Grassroots activism
- Eastern European feminism within the global context
- Conclusion
- 5. Family, Nation and Reproductive Politics: Between the Private and the Public
- Introduction
- Debates about the public-private divide
- Altered family and social policy models
- Demographic shifts and the question of childcare
- Reproductive politics and discourses of the nation
- Conclusion
- 6. Femininities and Masculinities: Gender Re-presented
- Introduction
- Media images and market realities
- Superwoman teetering on a tightrope
- Glamour puss sweeps the market
- Gender and national identity
- Hegemonic femininity: a conclusion
- 7. Labour Market Access: Persistent Patterns of Inequality
- Introduction
- Male bias in economic restructuring?
- Gender-unequal access to the labour market
- Marketization and occupational segregation
- Experiencing unemployment
- The impact of social policy changes
- Conclusion
- 8. Citizenship in an Enlarging Europe: Towards Gender Equity?
- Introduction
- Civil society and the language of empowerment
- Which institutional framework?
- Citizenship: agency or capabilities, rights or entitlements?
- Identity, differences and the capacity for joint political strategies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index