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Solidarity under Austerity: Intersectionality in France and the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2014

Leah Bassel  and
Akwugo Emejulu
Leah Bassel
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
Akwugo Emejulu
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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In this article, we argue that in order to understand and counter the asymmetrical effects of the current economic crisis, intersectional analyses and coalition building are required. Our research aims to address a tendency in some intersectionality research to underplay or sideline social class and capitalist relations (Anthias 2012, 6, 15; Skeggs 2008). Our goal is to expand intersectionality to questions of political economy that are not typically viewed through this lens (Strolovitch 2013, 168). Sophisticated theorizations of social locations, divisions, processes of differentiation, and systems of domination (Dhamoon 2011) within intersectionality literature can thus become tools to name and challenge the effects of the economic crises that are deepening social and economic inequalities in Europe.

Type
Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 130 - 136
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2014 

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