Description: The CDU and the Politics of Gender in Germany Bringing Women to the Party Develops the concept of the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the CDU has responded to changing demands from women. Sarah Elise Wiliarty (Author) 9780521765824, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 16 August 2010 284 pages 23.6 x 16.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg 'One of the book's most notable strengths is its creative and potentially very useful model.' Ronald J. Granieri, Temple University This book develops the concept of the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has responded to changing demands from women over the past forty years. Otto Kirchheimer's classic study argues that when catch-all parties reach out to new constituencies, they are forced to decrease the involvement of membership to facilitate doctrinal flexibility. In a corporatist catch-all party, however, societal interests are represented within the party organization and policy making is the result of internal party negotiation. Through an investigation of CDU policy making in the issue areas of abortion policy, work-family policy, and participation policy, this book demonstrates that sometimes the CDU mobilizes rather than disempowers membership. An important lesson of this study is that a political party need not sacrifice internal democracy and ignore its members in order to succeed at the polls. 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. Subject Areas: Political structures: democracy [JPHV], Politics & government [JP], Sociology [JHB], Gender studies: women [JFSJ1]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Political structures: democracy [JPHV]
BIC Subject Area 2: Politics & government [JP]
BIC Subject Area 3: Sociology [JHB]
BIC Subject Area 4: Gender studies: women [JFSJ1]
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Cdu and the Politics of Gender in Germany: Bringing Women to the Party
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Zoology, Politics
Item Height: 236 mm
Item Weight: 530 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Sarah Elise Wiliarty
Item Width: 162 mm
Format: Hardcover
