Birte Siim

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I am Professor in Gender Research in the Social Sciences, Dept. of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. I have been responsible for the Danish EU teams on citizenship, democracy, gender, migration and populism. My publications include: Citizens’ Activism and Solidarity Movements: Contending with Populism (in press) (ed. with A. Saarinen and A. Krasteva)

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Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe

by Stina Johansson and Birte Siim

Køn og medborgerskab

5 Migration, Multiculturalism and Gender – a Nordic Perspective

The Challenge of Minority Integration Politics and Policies in the Nordic Nations, 2015

Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state

The limits of political ambition?, 2009

Citizenship

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2013

Vocabularies of citizenship and gender: Denmark

Critical Social Policy, 1998

ABSTRACT The language of citizenship has not till recently been used explicitly in the political ... more ABSTRACT The language of citizenship has not till recently been used explicitly in the political discourse or in the academic debate about the welfare state and democracy in Denmark. This article explores the connection between citizenship and the sub-vocabularies of social equality, universality and participation in the political discourse. It is suggested that during the 1990s new vocabularies of citizenship have been introduced, as well as a new framework of citizenship, in the academic debate. The changes are discussed on the basis of three different cases: (a) parent-citizens as users of service provision; (b) the temporary leave schemes for citizen workers; and (c) activation of workers. The new language is contradictory and con tested. And it is an open question whether in the future we shall see a break with the former discourse of social equality and universality and an expansion of a more work-oriented welfare state, or a move toward a more solidaristic discourse that expands the principles behind the leave schemes. The article concludes by speculating about the future chal lenges for citizenship and the need to develop a new vision of equality and solidarity.

Fra køn til diversitet

Kvinder Kon Og Forskning, 2006

Diskurser om køn, magt og politik i Skandinavien

Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment

The challenge from nationalism for European citizenship and democracy

Magtens kønnede ansigter

Gender equality, citizenship and welfare state restructuring

The changing face of welfareConsequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective, 2005

... Arguably, gender equality is an important normative ideal, although equality is no longer hig... more

Diversity and the European Public Sphere. The Case of Denmark

Dilemmas in the Danish Approach to Gender Quotas and Gender Equality

The multicultural challenge to the Danish Welfare state

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The politics of inclusion and empowerment : gender, class, and citizenship

Editorial Matter and Selection© John Andersen and Birte Siim 2004 Chapters 1-13© Palgrave Macmill... more

Danish Populism: Hate Speech and Populist Othering. Analysis of Interviews

Køn og intersektionalitet - lokalt, nationalt og gobalt

Kvinder Kon Forskning, 2012

Kontinuitet og forandring i kønsmagt

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Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe

by Stina Johansson and Birte Siim

Køn og medborgerskab

5 Migration, Multiculturalism and Gender – a Nordic Perspective

The Challenge of Minority Integration Politics and Policies in the Nordic Nations, 2015

Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state

The limits of political ambition?, 2009

Citizenship

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2013

Vocabularies of citizenship and gender: Denmark

Critical Social Policy, 1998

Fra køn til diversitet

Kvinder Kon Og Forskning, 2006

Diskurser om køn, magt og politik i Skandinavien

Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment

The challenge from nationalism for European citizenship and democracy

Magtens kønnede ansigter

Gender equality, citizenship and welfare state restructuring

The changing face of welfareConsequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective, 2005

... Arguably, gender equality is an important normative ideal, although equality is no longer hig... more

Diversity and the European Public Sphere. The Case of Denmark

Dilemmas in the Danish Approach to Gender Quotas and Gender Equality

The multicultural challenge to the Danish Welfare state

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The politics of inclusion and empowerment : gender, class, and citizenship

Danish Populism: Hate Speech and Populist Othering. Analysis of Interviews

Køn og intersektionalitet - lokalt, nationalt og gobalt

Kvinder Kon Forskning, 2012

Kontinuitet og forandring i kønsmagt

Interests are still interesting!

Debatter og reguleringer af muslimske tørklæder. Religiøse symboler og populisme. In: Politik, Vol. 13, 4, No. 12, 2010, 15-24..

by Rikke Andreassen and Birte Siim

Politik, Vol. 13, 4, Nr. 12, , 2010

Danmark har i stil med andre europaeiske lande oplevet en raekke debatter og diskussioner om musl... more Danmark har i stil med andre europaeiske lande oplevet en raekke debatter og diskussioner om muslimske kvinders hoved-og kropsbeklaedninger. I debatterne anvendes tørklaeder som kulturelle, religiøse og politiske symboler, som fortolkes forskelligt af de involverede parter: De kan betragtes både som et udtryk for kvinders individuelle autonomi og identitet og accepteres som udtryk for mindretalsgruppers religiøse identitet, eller de kan forkastes som et eksempel på kvindeundertrykkelse. Det er en af artiklens pointer, at de forskellige fortolkninger, af muslimske tørklaeder ikke kun udspringer af individuelle vaerdier og identiteter, at debatter og argumenter er dybt påvirket af den nationale selvforståelse, de politiske institutioner og den politiske kultur. Artiklen er inspireret af refleksioner med udgangspunkt i det europaeiske forskningsprojekt VEIL (Values, Equality and Differences in Liberal Democracies. Debates about Muslim Women's Headscarves in Europe). 1 Projektets sammenlignende analyser af europaeiske debatter illustrerer, at muslimske tørklaeder er anledning til politiske konflikter og demokratiske dilemmaer, som enten refererer til universelle principper om lighed eller til anerkendelse af minoritetsgruppers ret til forskellighed (Kilic 2008; Siim 2007a). Artiklen indledes med en kort opsummering af hovedtraek i de europaeiske debatter, som baggrund for at forstå den danske debats saertraek. Herefter zoomes der ind på den danske case; med udgangspunkt i to debatter: Folketingsdebatten om forbud mod tørklaeder i 2004 og den såkaldte burka-debat i 2009. Analyserne af de danske debatter viser, at tørklaeder overvejende italesaettes som et monolitisk symbol på kvindeundertrykkelse, og at de offentlige debatter ofte kommer til at handle om køn og ligestilling. Samtidig fremanalyseres det, hvordan tørklaeder bliver en platform til inklusion og eksklusion af mindretal i det multikulturelle samfund. Debatten ses i det perspektiv som en kritisk case for demokratisk ligestilling, der belyser det danske demokratis imødekommenhed overfor religiøse mindretal. Den politisk initierede debat om tørklaeder og slør kan desuden fortolkes som et udtryk for symbolpolitik, der anvendes som middel til at fremme andre politiske hensyn. Den tredje 1 VEIL-projektet er et EU-projekt under 6. Rammeprogram (2006-2009) med otte europaeiske lande: Østrig,

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Inclusion and Exclusion in the European Public Sphere - Intersections of Gender and Race

by Cornelia Mooslechner-Brüll and Birte Siim

Can transnational public spheres be envisaged for Europe, which, in fact, create accountability –... more Can transnational public spheres be envisaged for Europe, which, in fact, create accountability – that is, spaces of critical articulations, control mechanisms, and political correctives to the governing levels? Can the political, as a critical force and the willingness to struggle and decide, be re-introduced into the public sphere? In which ways are race/ethnicity, class and gender cleavages being (re)presented and articulated in the public sphere and how do they intersect? In attempting to answer these questions, we aim this article at exploring the potential for a European discursive space pertaining to issues of gender and diversity. The empirical focus is on the views of political parties and social movements that are participating in public debates. Addressing the inclusions and exclusions in the European public sphere at the intersections of gender and racial/ethnic minorities, we look at the shifts in rhetoric, discourses and policies. As a result, we find common discursive patterns on the intersections between ethnicity and gender which, however, can at best be interpreted as a sign of the emergence of broader European public spheres. Only if these debates can be generalised, European public spheres fulfilling the functions of creating accountability and control mechanisms can develop.

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