Gender of Democracy

<p>As developments in the European Union and elsewhere make the re-examination of citizenship a pressing issue this book reflects on the persisting masculine character of contemporary democracy and the measures taken in the EU to combat it. </p><p>Combining a theoretical approach with a specific critique of EU gender policy <em>The Gender of Democracy</em> argues that substantial democracy as a social project cannot co-exist with the existing system of gender relations which are inherently dichotomous and thus demarcate social categories of superior and inferior status. Drawing on utopian thought Maro Pantelidou Maloutas proposes a re-examination of the notion of the gendered subject and a revision of the dominant perceptions of the relations between sex sexuality and gender.</p><p>The book contains a critique of specific EU gender policies and shows how in seeking to do away with gender inequality simply formulating policies that are pro-women is not enough. In order to approach democracy’s emancipatory component far-reaching policies which deconstruct rather than modernize gender relations are needed.</p>