TY - JOUR ID - 60804 TI - Analyzing the European Union citizenship through feminist perspectives JO - International Journal of Women's Research JA - IJWR LA - en SN - 2322-3901 AU - Mathur, Pawan AD - Doctoral Research Scholar, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 205 EP - 215 KW - citizenship KW - European Union KW - feminism KW - Gender discrimination DO - N2 - The European Union has aspired to create an “ever closer union” among its people since the articulation of the European Union citizenship has been an important instrument towards it. However, attempts at creating this “ever closer union” have focused on homogenizing European citizens as a single entity without taking into account the heterogeneous differentials among such citizens. Gender differential is one such important aspect. The present paper analyzes the citizenship under EU from a feminist perspective. It attempts to conceptualize the term of citizenship and delineates the basic features of the European citizenship. Thereafter, the major feminist criticisms of the notion of citizenship are examined with specific regards to the gendered discrimination against EU citizens. UR - https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_60804.html L1 - https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_60804_2620e032e70ed6d78f23cc2e3334a145.pdf ER -