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Social Citizenship From a Feminist Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Wendy Sarvasy
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In this article I construct a feminist notion of social citizenship from early twentieth-century feminism in the United States. Arguing that there are four aspects to the interconnection between women's citizenship and social democracy—new modes of citizenship, a socialized view of rights, new spaces for participation, and a female-privikged definition of gender equality—I suggest that such a concept could help us move from a welfare state to a feminist social democracy.

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Hypatia , Volume 12 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Citizenship in Feminism: Identity, Action, and Locale , Fall 1997, pp. 54 - 73
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Copyright © 1997 by Hypatia, Inc.

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