Democratic Community and Problem of Exclusion: About Women’s Underrepresentation in the Public Sphere

• Authors: Weronika Żybura

Abstracts

In democratic countries women’s political participation continues to be lower than men’s. Women are the second-class citizens. The aim of the article is to point out the mechanisms of exclusion that are rooted in the basis of liberal democracy. In the first part of the article I discuss the concept of the political agent, citizenship and public discourse and I explain why I see these categories as discriminating against women. Moreover, I analyze the liberal idea of difference as inclusion criteria that women are not able to meet. In the second part I try to answer the question if the non-exclusive public community could be possible. Invoking the concept of communicative democracy I propose some premises and strategies to implement in order to make women participation in the political community equal.

Keywords

EN

female citizenship; liberal community; political discrimination of women

• Publisher: Collegium Civitas
• Journal: Zoon Politikon
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 9 Special Issue
• Pages: 17-42

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Weronika Żybura

• Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.002.10058

Biblioteka Nauki

561458