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Wspólnota demokratyczna a wykluczenie
Democratic community and the problem of exclusion

Author(s): Weronika Żybura
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Social differentiation, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: female citizenship; liberal political community; discrimination of women; communicative democracy, difference

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to point out the mechanisms of exclusion in the conceptual basis of liberal democracy. The first part discusses the concept of the political agent, citizenship and public discourse and brings the explanations why these categories could be discriminating for women. In the second part text considers the question if the non-exclusive public community could be theoretically possible. Invoking the concept of communicative democracy open to the category of difference author proposes some premises and strategies for implementation in order to make women’s participation in the political community more equal.

  • Issue Year: 6/2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 147-173
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish