The Gender of Democracy: Citizenship and Gendered SubjectivityAs 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 project cannot co-exist with the existing system of gender relations ,which are inherently dichotomous and thus demarcate social categories of superior and inferior status. Drawing on utopian thought, Maro Pantelidou Maloutas proposes a re-examination of the notion of the gendered subject and a revision of the dominant perceptions of the relations between sex, sexuality and gender.The book contains a critique of specific EU gender policies and shows how in seeking to do away with gender inequality, simply formulating policies that are pro-women is not enough. In order to approach democracy’s emancipatory component, far-reaching policies which deconstruct rather than modernize gender relations are needed. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The correlation between democracy and gender | 10 |
theoretical issues and policies | 36 |
3 The gendered subject as citizen | 64 |
4 Gender democracy utopia | 86 |
5 Concluding remarks | 110 |
Notes | 127 |
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The Gender of Democracy: Citizenship and Gendered Subjectivity Maro Pantelidou Maloutas Limited preview - 2007 |
The Gender of Democracy: Citizenship and Gendered Subjectivity Marō Pantelidou-Malouta Limited preview - 2006 |
The Gender of Democracy: Citizenship and Gendered Subjectivity Maro Pantelidou Maloutas No preview available - 2012 |
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