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(Doing) belonging as technology of power: how the principle of ‘gender equality’ governs membership in Swiss society

Auteur(s)
Kristol, Anne 
Laboratoire d'études des processus sociaux 
Menet, Joanna 
Laboratoire d'études des processus sociaux 
Fischer, Carolin 
Laboratoire d'études des processus sociaux 
Dahinden, Janine 
Laboratoire d'études des processus sociaux 
Date de parution
2024
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This paper analyses how the principle of gender equality informs politics of belonging in Switzerland. We propose to conceptualize ‘doing belonging’ as a technology of power and we examine how actors in (non-)institutional settings employ it as part of professional and personal action. The paper draws on two case studies: an ethnography of institutions in charge of Swiss naturalization procedures and a series of qualitative interviews with migrant descendants. It unpacks how individuals negotiate belonging in different social contexts that are marked by specific power relations. First, we reveal how ideas of gender equality shape the implementation of state policies in naturalization procedures by selectively assessing the candidates according to their national and assumed cultural background. Second, we show how naturalized individuals are doing belonging when confronting external ascriptions as being ‘gender unequal’. The analysis contributes to a better understanding of the role the principle of gender equality plays in politics of belonging enacted at a micro-sociological and individual level, thus illuminating the gendered underpinnings of migration politics.
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/32874
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10.1080/1070289X.2024.2335757
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 main article: Doing belonging as technology of power how the principle of gender equality governs membership in Swiss society (1).pdf (617.99 KB)
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