Women working off the farm: a case of economic citizenship?

Sheena Hanrahan

doi:10.1016/S1057-1922(07)13005-5

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Research in Rural Sociology and Development

ISSN: 1057-1922
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Women working off the farm: a case of economic citizenship?

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Title:	Women working off the farm: a case of economic citizenship?
Author(s):	Sheena Hanrahan
Volume:	13 Editor(s): Ildikó Asztalos Morell, Bettina B. Bock ISBN: 978-0-7623-1420-1 eISBN: 978-1-84950-489-8
Citation:	Sheena Hanrahan (2007), Women working off the farm: a case of economic citizenship?, in Ildikó Asztalos Morell, Bettina B. Bock (ed.) Gender Regimes, Citizen Participation and Rural Restructuring (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Volume 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.115-142
DOI:	10.1016/S1057-1922(07)13005-5 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Extract:	Citizenship can be understood as a multi-dimensional status, involving civil, political and social rights and obligations (Yuval Davis, 1997; Lister, 2000). Barbara Hobson (2000) has argued that citizenship is more than the relationship of individuals to the state and includes social relations between individuals too. She points out that social relations lead to a gendered citizenship for women. Their weak economic position in the labour market, their related dependence within the family and lack of representation in the public sphere demonstrate the shortcomings of the liberal concepts of citizenship. Yuval Davis (1997) makes a similar point. Building on Marshall's concept of citizenship as membership of the community, she argues that an analysis of citizenship must include not only a focus on the relationship between the community and the state, but relationships between various collectivities (gender, race, urban/rural locations, etc.) and the community.