Varieties of feminism : German gender politics in global perspective / Myra Marx Ferree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferree, Myra, Author.

Contributor:

Ferree, Myra Marx.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Germany--History.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Varieties of Feminism investigates the development of German feminism by contrasting it with women's movements that arise in countries, like the United States, committed to liberalism. With both conservative Christian and social democratic principles framing the feminist discourses and movement goals, which in turn shape public policy gains, Germany provides a tantalizing case study of gender politics done differently. The German feminist trajectory reflects new political opportunities created first by national reunification and later, by European Union integration, as wel

Contents:

Practical theory and the politics of gender

Creating women citizens : national frameworks for gender equality and self-determination, 1848-1968

Women themselves will decide : autonomous feminist mobilization, 1968-1978

Women help women : the women's project movement, 1975-1985

We want half the power : feminists and political institutions, 1982-1990

You can't make a state without women : German unification, 1990-1995

Kissing the frog? : Butler, Beijing, and Brussels remake gender relations, 1995-2005

Feminism, families, and the future : practical theory and global gender politics in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804780520

0804780528

OCLC:

769343151