Scandinavian feminist debates on citizenship

The Scandinavian notion of citizenship is based upon a strong participatory tradition. A broad notion of democracy includes not only formal political institutions but also the activities of social movements and voluntary asso ciations in civil society. In social democratic citizenship, tension thus p ersists between traditions of governance where consensus-building is mediat ed through centralized corporate negotiations between major economic organi zations, and an egalitarian, participatory tradition based on movement acti vism.