Women and citizenship / edited by Marilyn Friedman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Marilyn, 1945-

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy.

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--Congresses.

Women's rights.

Women--Government policy--Congresses.

Women.

Women--Political activity--Congresses.

Women--Social conditions--Congresses.

Citizenship--Congresses.

Citizenship.

Feminist theory--Congresses.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 220 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the political & cultural dimensions of citizenship & their relevance to women & gender. Containing essays by leading scholars such as Iris Marion Young, Alison Jaggar, Martha Nussbaum, it examines the conceptual issues & strategies at play in the feminist quest to give women full citizenship status.

Contents:

The logic of masculinist protection: reflections on the current security state

French universalism in the nineties

Battered women, intimidation, and the law

Women's community activism and the rejection of "politics"

Arenas of citizenship

Multiple subjectives

Care as the work of citizens

The kin contract and citizenship in the Middle East

Citizenship and faith

Women's education.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held at Washington University in St. Louis in April 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029187-7

0-19-983577-2

1-281-19703-3

9786611197032

0-19-803907-7

1-4237-3415-7

OCLC:

62271534