1st Edition
The Gender of Democracy Citizenship and Gendered Subjectivity
By Maro Pantelidou Maloutas
Copyright 2006
216 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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As developments in the European Union and elsewhere make the re-examination of citizenship a pressing issue, this book reflects on the persisting "masculine" character of contemporary democracy and the measures taken in the EU to combat it.
Combining a theoretical approach with a specific critique of EU gender policy, The Gender of Democracy argues that substantial democracy as a social... Read more
Introduction 1. The correlation between democracy and gender 2. Restricted women’s presence in political decision-making: Theoretical issues and policies 3. The gendered subject as citizen 4. Gender, democracy, utopia. Concluding remarks.
Biography
Maro Pantelidou Maloutas is Professor of Political Sciences at the Department of Political Science at the University of Athens. She specialises in issues concerning democracy, citizenship and the cultural aspects of politics.
