Gender, Intersections, and Institutions : Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany /

Germany serves as a case study of when and how members of intersectional groups-individuals belonging to two or more disadvantaged social categories-capture the attention of policymakers, and what happens when they do. This edited volume identifies three venues through which intersectional groups ar...

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Other Authors: Davidson-Schmich, Louise K., 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • A Note on German Government Documents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Louise K. Davidson-Schmich
  • 1. Throwing the Boomerang: Intersex Mobilization and Policy Change in Germany
  • Angelika von Wahl
  • 2. Disabled Women Fighting for Equality
  • Lisa Pfahl and Swantje KÃoebsell
  • 3. The Last Occupational Prohibition: Constructing Women's Entrance into the Bundeswehr
  • Christina Xydias
  • 4. Migrant Women and Immigrant Integration Policy
  • Barbara Donovan
  • 5. Gendering the Controversy over Education Policy Reform in Hamburg, Germany
  • Jeff Bale6. Gendering the German Minimum Wage Debate: A Male Frame for a Female Problem
  • Annette Henninger
  • 7. Amending Germany's Life Partnership Law: Emerging Attention to Lesbians' Concerns
  • Louise K. Davidson-Schmich
  • 8. Grassroots Organizing in Eastern Germany to Promote Women in STEM
  • Katja M. Guenther
  • Conclusion: Power, Institutions, and Intersectional Research in Germany and Beyond
  • Louise K. Davidson-Schmich.