TY - BOOK

T1 - Contesting Citizenship

A2 - Squires,Judith

A2 - Siim,Birte

ED - Squires,Judith

ED - Siim,Birte

PB - Taylor & Francis

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - The new book shows how citizenship, its meaning and form, have become a vital site of contestation. While many minority groups struggle to redefine the rights of citizenship in more pluralized forms, the responsivbilities of citizenship are being reaffirmed by democratic governments concerned to maintain the common political culture underpinning the nation. In this context, one of the central questions confronting contemporary states and their citizens, is how recognition of socio-cultural and ethno-national 'differences' can be integrated into universal conceptions of citizenship that aims to secure equality for all. As a result equality policies have become a central aspect of contemporary European public policy. The debate about equality and intersectionality has been a central concern in recent feminist theory. The need to recognize diversity amongst womnen and work with the concept of 'intersectionality' has become widespread amongst political theory.

AB - The new book shows how citizenship, its meaning and form, have become a vital site of contestation. While many minority groups struggle to redefine the rights of citizenship in more pluralized forms, the responsivbilities of citizenship are being reaffirmed by democratic governments concerned to maintain the common political culture underpinning the nation. In this context, one of the central questions confronting contemporary states and their citizens, is how recognition of socio-cultural and ethno-national 'differences' can be integrated into universal conceptions of citizenship that aims to secure equality for all. As a result equality policies have become a central aspect of contemporary European public policy. The debate about equality and intersectionality has been a central concern in recent feminist theory. The need to recognize diversity amongst womnen and work with the concept of 'intersectionality' has become widespread amongst political theory.

KW - Lighed

KW - Mangfoldighed

KW - Intersektionalitet

KW - Køn

KW - Minoriteter

KW - Feministisk teori

KW - Politisk teori

KW - Offentlige lighedspolitikker

KW - EU

KW - Ligheds- og antidiscriminationspolitikker

KW - Equality

KW - Diversity

KW - Intersectionality

KW - Gender

KW - Minorities

KW - Feminist theory

KW - Political theory

KW - Public equality

KW - EU

KW - Equality and anti-discrimination policies

BT - Contesting Citizenship

SN - 0415366717

SN - 9780415366717

ER -