00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773861264378 Buklod 20070906150657.0 i|||||||||||||| | ta 160621s1991 pau rb |||| u|eng d 0271007842 (paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00000014031 DLC BAG rda eng 305.42 20 HQ 1236 P49 Phillips, Anne 1950- author. Engendering democracy Anne Phillips. University Park, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University Press 1991. 183 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-175) and index. Democracy is the central political issue of our age, yet debates over its nature and goals rarely engage with feminist concerns. Now that women have the right to vote, they are thought to present no special problems of their own. But despite the seemingly gender-neutral categories of individual or citizen, democratic theory and practice continues to privilege the male. This book reconsiders dominant strands in democratic thinking - focusing on liberal democracy, participatory democracy, and twentieth century versions of civic republicanism - and approaches these from a feminist perspective. Anne Phillips explores the under-representation of women in politics, the crucial relationship between public and private spheres, and the lessons of the contemporary women's movement as an experience in participatory democracy. Feminism. Women and democracy. Women Political activity. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HQ 1236 P49 Book