From Private Wrongs to Public Rights: The Politics of Intersex Activism in the Merkel Era
In: German politics, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 59-78
ISSN: 1743-8993
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In: German politics, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 59-78
ISSN: 1743-8993
In: European journal of politics and gender, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 255-271
ISSN: 2515-1096
When do social movements support policies that do not benefit them directly? Which factors help build stronger feminist alliances? To answer these questions, this article traces the coalition behind the emergence of the third sex in Germany. This legal recognition cracks open the categorical male–female pair and sheds light on a path-breaking feminist alliance among women's, trans and intersex groups. Case-study methodology and interviews provide insights into the weakening power of categorical pairs, add nuance to the concept of opportunity hoarding and provide important organisational, social and discursive lessons about when and how groups cooperate productively.
In: Femina politica / Femina Politic e.V: Zeitschrift für feministische Politik-Wissenschaft, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 182-183
ISSN: 2196-1646
In: Femina politica / Femina Politic e.V: Zeitschrift für feministische Politik-Wissenschaft, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 106-112
ISSN: 2196-1646
In: German politics and society, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 106-110
ISSN: 1045-0300, 0882-7079
In: German politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 392-409
ISSN: 1743-8993
In: German politics: Journal of the Association for the Study of German Politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 392-410
ISSN: 0964-4008
In: German politics and society, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 25-49
ISSN: 1558-5441
For decades conservative welfare states have reformed reluctantly. To understand recent family policy reforms in Germany we must add institutions and economics to any account of politics. This article focuses on the grand coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD formed after the 2005 Bundestag election. Two opposed assumptions pertain to grand coalitions: one holds that a coalition of parties with different ideologies will act according to the lowest common denominator resulting in policy inertia. The opposite holds that grand coalitions enable policy change because constraints are removed by the supermajority. This article develops five conditions for successful reform, arguing that traditional family policies directed at the protection of motherhood are shifting towards reconciliation policies that emphasize labor market activation and increased birth rates. The shift indicates 1) that even conservative states have the potential for bounded reform; and, 2) that agency—particularly partisan and coalitional interests—needs to be considered more seriously.
In: West European politics, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 461-488
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: West European politics, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 461-488
ISSN: 0140-2382
In: Sozialmodell Europa, S. 257-287
In: Prokla: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Band 25, Heft 99, S. 221-233
ISSN: 2700-0311
The article discusses different approaches of equal employment policy and investigates the implementation of such policies in the USA and in Germany. The conceptual differences of the applied policies point to dissimilar concepts of »equality« in Germany and in the USA.
In: Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
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In: German politics, Band 28, Heft 3, S. 462-481
ISSN: 1743-8993
In: Femina politica / Femina Politic e.V: Zeitschrift für feministische Politik-Wissenschaft, Band 28, Heft 2-2019, S. 154-159
ISSN: 2196-1646