The CDU and the politics of gender in Germany : bringing women to the Party /

"Sarah Elise Wiliarty develops the concept of the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the German Christian Democratic Union has responded to changing demands from women over the past forty years"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiliarty, Sarah Elise, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: a democratic paradox?; 1. The puzzle of CDU policy making on women's issues; 2. The corporatist catch-all party model; 3. The postwar CDU: origins of a corporatist catch-all party; 4. The emergence of the Women's Union, 1969-1982; 5. The Women's Union in the dominant coalition, 1982-1989; 6. Looking eastward: the Women's Union and cobbled coalitions, 1989-1998; 7. The rise of Angela Merkel: policy and personnel decisions of the CDU in unified Germany; 8. Christian democracy with and without corporatism: policy making on women's issues in Austria, Italy and the Netherlands; Conclusion; Appendix A: list of cited interviews.