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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824110903321

Autore

Young Brigitte <1946->

Titolo

Triumph of the fatherland : German unification and the marginalization of women / / Brigitte Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1999

ISBN

1-282-60458-9

9786612604584

0-472-02267-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Collana

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Disciplina

305.42/0943

Soggetti

Democracy - Germany

Feminism - Germany

Marginality, Social - Germany

Women - Political activity - Germany

Women's rights - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations of West and East German Organizations -- Introduction: Feminisms and the German Political Regimes -- 1. Political Opportunity Structures and Feminist Protest in Thought and Practice: The German Historical Legacy and Women's Mobilization in East and West Germany, 1945−1989 -- 2. The East German "Stateless State" Period and Feminist Mobilization -- 3. The Closing of the Political Opportunity Structure and Feminist Differentiation -- 4. A Closed Opportunity Structure: German Unification and "Double Gender Marginalization -- 5. The East and West German Women's Movements and the German State -- 6. Democratization without Women: Comparisons to Other Eastern European Countries -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Tells the story of the women who fought for a voice in the construction of a German state system.