The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment

Globalization poses new challenges for the modern welfare state and democracies. One controversial issue is how struggles for economic equality are linked with struggles for recognition of difference according to gender, ethnicity and sexuality. The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment examines the political and academic debates about the inclusion or exclusion of women and marginalized social groups from different policy contexts. The focus is on the different class and gender regimes influencing the interplay of political, civil and social citizenship at different levels of politics.

Autorentext
ANN-DORTE CHRISTENSEN Associate Professor, FREIA Feminist Research Centre, Aalborg University, Denmark DAVID ETHERINGTON Roskilde University, Denmark UTE GERHARDT Professor of Sociology and Director of the Cornelia Goethe Centre for Womens and Gender Studies, University of Frankfurt, Germany JØRGEN ELM LARSEN Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark RUTH LISTER Professor of Social Policy, University of Loughborough, UK MARJORIE MAYO Professor, PACE, Goldsmith College, UK PAULINE MCCLENAGHAN Professor, School of Social and Community Sciences, University of Ulster, UK ANNE PHILLIPS Professor of Gender Theory, Director of the Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK JENS ULRICH Assistant Professor, Aalborg University, UK IRIS YOUNG Professor of Political Philosophy, Chicago University, USA

Inhalt
Introduction: Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment: Gender, Class and Citizenship; J.Andersen & B.Siim Situated Knowledges and Democratic Discussions; I.Young Identity Politics: Have we now had Enough?; A.Phillips Deliberative Democracy and Civil Society; J.Ulrich Globalization, Democracy and the Politics of Every Day Life - Gendered Challenges; B.Siim Strategies for Inclusion of Women in Democracy: Between Movement Politics and Representative Politics; A-D.Christensen Gendered Citizenship: A Model for European Citizenship?; U.Gerhardt A Politics of Recognition and Respect: Involving People with Experience of Poverty in Decision Making that Affects their Lives; R.Lister Exclusion, Inclusion and Empowerment; M.Mayo Redefining Citizenship: Community, Civil Society and Adult Learning; P.McClenaghan Welfare, Gender and Political Agency: Comparing Strategies in the UK and Denmark; D.Etherington The Politics of Marginal Space; J.E.Larsen Social Polarization and Urban Democratic Governance; J.Andersen & J.E.Larsen Author Index Subject Index