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Gendering citizenship in Western Europe: New challenges for citizenship research in a cross-national context
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Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe: New challanges for citizenship research in a cross-national context as discussed by the authors, is a case study of the need for cross-cultural knowledge.Abstract:
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What Adult Worker Model? A Critical Look at Recent Social Policy Reform in Europe from a Gender and Family Perspective
TL;DR: The theoretical and empirical basis of this argument is examined by looking first at the conceptual foundations of the adult worker model formulation and then at the extent to which social policy reform in western Europe fits with the argument.
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Same Game, Different Rules? Gender Differences in Political Participation
Hilde Coffé,Catherine Bolzendahl +1 more
TL;DR: Investigating gender gaps in political participation with 2004 ISSP data for 18 advanced Western democracies using linear and logistic regression models reveals that women are more likely than men to have voted and engaged in ‘private’ activism, while men are morelikely to have engaged in direct contact, collective types of actions and be (more active) members of political parties.
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Converging variations in migrant care work in Europe
TL;DR: While the employment of migrant women as care workers in European welfare states is increasing, the rate, extent and nature of this increase vary The article draws on empirical research on migrant women as discussed by the authors.
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Educational marketization the Swedish way
TL;DR: In this paper, the scope, character and some of the consequences of internal and external marketization of Swedish education in the early 2000s are summarized, and the impact of competition on the internal workings of upper secondary schools is highlighted in particular.
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A Nordic Nirvana? Gender, Citizenship, and Social Justice in the Nordic Welfare States
TL;DR: The Nordic model has emerged as some kind of exemplar in much center-left political debate as discussed by the authors, and the main focus is the extent to which the Nordic welfare states have been successful in promoting a womenfriendly, gender-inclusive model of citizenship, taking account of the differences between the Nordic countries.
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