Varieties of Feminism : German Gender Politics in Global Perspective

"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 well as by historically established assumptions about social justice, family values, and state responsibility for the common good. Tracing the opportunities, constraints, and conflicts generated by using class struggle as the framework for gender mobilization--juxtaposing this with the liberal tradition where gender and race are more typically framed as similar--Ferree reveals how German feminists developed strategies and movement priorities quite different from those in the United States"--Provided by publisher Copyright 2 Title Page 3 Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgments 7 List of Abbreviations 11 1 Practical Theory and the Politics of Gender 13 2 Creating Women Citizens: National Frameworks for Gender Equality and Self-determination, 1848-1968 30 3 Women Themselves Will Decide: Autonomous Feminist Mobilization, 1968-1978 50 4 Women Help Women: The Women鈥檚 Project Movement, 1975-1985 72 5 We Want Half the Power: Feminists and Political Institutions, 1982-1990 92 6 You Can鈥檛 Make a State Without Women: German Unification, 1990-1995 116 7 Kissing the Frog? Butler, Beijing, and Brussels Remake Gender Relations, 1995-2005 176 139 8 Feminism, Families, and the Future: Practical Theory and Global Gender Politics in the Twenty-first Century 157 Glossary 180 Notes 182 References 202 Index 216 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. Myra Marx Ferree. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 267-288) And Index. Placing the transformations of German feminism in comparative perspective, this book illuminates differences in liberal and socialist frames for women's progress, and highlights the variety of ways global gender politics relates to race, class, and national struggles for justice and democracy.