Title: The CDU and the politics of gender in Germany : bringing women to the Party /
Authors: Wiliarty, Sarah Elise, 1968-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands Membership.; Women Political activity Germany.; Women Government policy Germany.; Women Government policy Europe, German-speaking.
Abstract: "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"--
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.