In person icon New Trends in Gender and Citizenship in the EU

Abstract

This panel aims to analyze the intersection between gender and citizenship in the European Union. The session seeks to evaluate, from a gender perspective, what it means to be an active participant in political, civic and social life in individual and collective forms, what scope for mobilisation is open to the interested citizen, and what prevents citizens from engaging in associational life. New social media are becoming increasingly important in opinion formation, awareness-raising and mobilisation, especially among young women and men. While the role of the traditional media in enhancing and constraining civic knowledge, interest and participation has been explored in studies of news-making, and the framing of news, new forms of communication have opened up fresh avenues for research on these issues. Furthermore, the effects of the modern economic crisis and ensuing austerity has had a variable mobilising impact on civil society that is also gendered in form. Another aspect of interest is the way in which civic engagement and political participation is influenced by the intersections of gender and ethnic identity. This panel, then, considers how, and under what circumstances, women and men of diverse age, ethnic and cultural backgrounds engage as active citizens in Europe today.

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