Citizenship in an enlarging Europe
Subtitle: from dream to awakening
By: Barbara Einhorn
Contributors: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780230502253
Subjects: Discrimination à l'égard des femmes; Uitbreidingen; European Union countries; Femmes en politique; Nationalisme; Sex discrimination against women; Sekseverschillen; Eastern Europe; Political Science; Democratisering; Central Europe; Europese Unie; Political activity; Liberalisatie; Citizenship; Rôle selon le sexe; European Union; Conditions sociales; Membership; Sex role; Social conditions; Burgerschap; Women
Description: Citizenship in an Enlarging Europeconsiders the impact of economic, political and social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of EU enlargement. In a lively and engaging narrative, the author uses gender as the lens through which to examine the processes of democratization, marketization and newly emergent nationalism. She shows the centrality of gender to these processes and the ways in which rigid codes of masculinity and femininity limit people's choices. Individual chapters examine mainstream politics versus the promotion of civil society as routes to empowerment and participation. Barbara Einhorn highlights the growing public-private divide in the region, pinpointing the negative influences of the neo-liberal market model and its gendered media representations. Voices of scholars and actors from the region enliven the narrative. With great clarity, the author reveals the relevance of fully active citizenship within a vibrant civil society as a measure of democracy and gender equitable societies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-240) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Democratization and reinvented national identity : contradictory trends?; title: Issues of governance : contested strategies for gender equity; title: Gender in mainstream politics : scaling the structures; title: Civil society or NGOs : empowerment or depoliticization?; title: Family, nation and reproductive politics : between the private and the public; title: Femininities and masculinities : gender re-presented; title: Labour market access : persistent patterns of inequality; title: Citizenship in an enlarging Europe : towards gender equity?