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

301 Pages·2017·3.57 MB·English

by  Louise K Davidson-Schmich (ed.)

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Gender, Intersections, and Institutions
Germany serves as a case study of when and how members of intersec-
tional groups— individuals belonging to two or more disadvantaged so-
cial categories— capture the attention of policymakers and what happens
when this phenomenon occurs. This edited volume identifies three venues
through which intersectional groups form alliances and generate policy
discussions regarding their concerns. Original empirical case studies focus
on a wide range of timely subjects, including the intersexed, gender and
disability rights, lesbian parenting, women working in STEM fields, work-
ers’ rights in feminized sectors, women in combat, and Muslim women and
girls.
Louise Davidson- Schmich is Professor of Political Science at
the University of Miami.
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Gender, Intersections,
and Institutions
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Intersectional Groups Building Alliances
and Gaining Voice in Germany
EdiTEd by
LOUiSE K. davidSOn- SchMich
UnivErSiTy Of MichiGan PrESS
ann arbOr
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Title: Gender, intersections, and institutions : intersectional groups building
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bibliographical references and index.
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Subjects: LcSh: Minorities— Political activity— Germany. | Minorities—
civil rights— Germany. | Pressure groups— Germany. | intersectionality
(Sociology)— Political aspects— Germany. | Germany— Politics and
government— 1990–
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Our organization came about because we were motivated to give
women like us a voice and to demonstrate [our point of view] in
politics. . . . We didn’t see ourselves represented in previous debates.
Wir sind aus der Motivation heraus entstanden, Frauen wie uns eine
Stimme zu geben und gegenüber der Politik zu demonstrieren. . . . Wir
haben uns in der Debatte vorher nicht wiedergefunden.
— Gönül halat- Mec, frankfurt Progressive Women’s initiative,
2012
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Contents
A Note on German Government Documents ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Illustrations xiii
introduction 1
Louise K. Davidson- Schmich
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1. Throwing the boomerang: intersex Mobilization
and Policy change in Germany 35
Angelika von Wahl
2. disabled Women fighting for Equality 61
Lisa Pfahl and Swantje Köbsell
3. The Last Occupational Prohibition: constructing
Women’s Entrance into the bundeswehr 87
Christina Xydias
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4. Migrant Women and immigrant integration Policy 107
Barbara Donovan
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5. Gendering the controversy over Education Policy
reform in hamburg, Germany 145
Jeff Bale
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6. Gendering the German Minimum Wage debate:
a Male frame for a female Problem 173
Annette Henninger
7. amending Germany’s Life Partnership Law:
Emerging attention to Lesbians’ concerns 203
Louise K. Davidson- Schmich
8. Grassroots Organizing in Eastern Germany to
Promote Women in STEM 237
Katja M. Guenther
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conclusion: Power, institutions, and intersectional
research in Germany and beyond 257
Louise K. Davidson- Schmich
Contributors 269
Index 273
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A Note on German Government Documents
Many contributors to this volume cite debates held in and documents
discussed by the two houses of the German parliament, the bundestag
and bundesrat. all of these documents are available at http://pdok.bund
estag.de/ (bundestag) and http://www.bundesrat.de/dE/dokumente/doku
mente-node.html (bundesrat). documents are cited here using abbrevia-
tions for the particular chamber of the parliament (bT for bundestag, br
for bundesrat), the type of document referenced, the document’s number,
and its date. Transcripts of plenary sessions are called Plenarprotokolle, and
written reports tabled in the legislature are referred to as Drucksachen. Each
document is numbered first according to the electoral period in which it
was produced (for example, the 2013– 16 legislative period is no. 18) and
second according to the order that the debate was held, or the paperwork
submitted, during that legislative session. finally, the date of each transcript
or report is included in the reference in the day.month.year format. Thus,
the transcript of the first meeting of the bundestag following the 2013
election would be referred to here as bT- Plenarprotokoll, 18/1, 22.10.13.