abstract: 'The concept of citizenship, originally coined by Marshall, and

  synonymous with social rights and equality, is pivotal in understanding

  and overcoming the social injustices that many migrants experience.

  Marshall''s notion of social rights, however, does not elaborate on

  economic rights. Feminist authors argue that women''s equal access to

  sources of income outside family relations is key to their citizenship.

  Access to spaces of paid work is a significant aspect of migrant women''s

  citizenship because their residence status and naturalization is often

  contingent on their employment. The author thus argues that economic

  rights should be central to debates on migration and citizenship. The

  proposed term `economic citizenship'' is used to examine experiences and

  strategies of fifty-seven skilled migrant women from Latin America, the

  Middle East, and South East Europe when trying to access positions in

  the Swiss labour market corresponding to their professional

  qualifications. The feminist and postcolonial perspectives of

  intersectionality'' and participatory research are used to understand how

  and why inequalities in the labour market occur. It is found that

  traditional ideas about gender roles, discourses about ethnic

  difference, and discriminatory migration policies intersect to create

  boundaries for skilled migrant women in accessing upper segments of the

  Swiss labour market. Migration, therefore, does not always imply

  empowerment and emancipation, but also generates new forms of social

  inequality.'
affiliation: 'Riano, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ Bern, Dept Geog, Hallerstr 12,
  CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

  Univ Bern, Dept Geog, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.'
author: Riano, Yvonne
author-email: riano@giub.unibe.ch
author_list:
- family: Riano
  given: Yvonne
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1068/a4374
eissn: 1472-3409
files: []
issn: 0308-518X
journal: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
keywords-plus: ETHNICITY; LABOR
language: English
month: JUL
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '28'
orcid-numbers: Riano, Yvonne/0000-0002-3463-6977
pages: 1530-1546
papis_id: 42f3a650d42ed0357009085900e0af7c
ref: Riano2011drawingnew
times-cited: '34'
title: 'Drawing new boundaries of participation: experiences and strategies of economic
  citizenship among skilled migrant women in Switzerland'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000295252200005
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volume: '43'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Geography
year: '2011'