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Article: New feminist studies findings from E. Lombardo and co-researchers published.
- Article from:
- Politics & Government Week
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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"Citizenship is both a contentious and contested struggle about the creation of rights, duties, and opportunities," scientists writing in the journal Feminist Review report.
"Feminist practices and debates can clarify the meaning of citizenship. This is because the form of feminist practices, characterized by an ongoing struggle, and the content of feminist debates, focusing on gender and other inequalities, recognition of different voices, and critiques of the public and private dichotomy, are particularly suited for dealing with the challenges of contentious and contested processes of citizenship," wrote E. Lombardo and colleagues.
The researchers ...