The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment: Gender, Class and Citizenship

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment — Gender, Class and Citizenship....Pages 1-18
Situated Knowledge and Democratic Discussions....Pages 19-35
Identity Politics: Have We Now Had Enough?....Pages 36-48
Deliberative Democracy and Civil Society — An Expansion of Jürgen Habermas’s Understanding of Civil Society....Pages 49-63
Globalisation, Democracy and Participation — The Dilemmas of the Danish Citizenship Model....Pages 64-83
The Danish Gender Model: Between Movement Politics and Representative Politics....Pages 84-99
Gendered Citizenship: A Model for European Citizenship? Considerations against the German Background....Pages 100-115
A Politics of Recognition and Respect: Involving People with Experience of Poverty in Decision- Making that Affects their Lives....Pages 116-138
Exclusion, Inclusion and Empowerment: Community Empowerment? Reflecting on the Lessons of Strategies to Promote Empowerment....Pages 139-158
Redefining Citizenship: Community, Civil Society and Adult Learning....Pages 159-185
Welfare, Gender and Political Agency: Comparing Strategies in the UK and Denmark....Pages 186-204
The Politics of Marginal Space....Pages 205-222
Social Polarisation and Urban Democratic Governance....Pages 223-243
Back Matter....Pages 244-252