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100 1 Wiliarty, Sarah Elise,|d1968-|eauthor.
245 14 The CDU and the politics of gender in Germany :|bbringing
women to the Party /|cSarah Elise Wiliarty.
260 Cambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|cc2010.
300 xiii, 267 p.
500 Formerly CIP.|5Uk
505 0 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.
506 1 325 annual accesses.|5UkHlHU
520 8 This title develops the concept of the corporatist catch-
all party to explain how the German Christian Democratic
Union has responded to changing demands from women over
the past 40 years, showing that a political party need not
sacrifice internal democracy and ignore its members in
order to succeed at the polls.|bDevelops the concept of
the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the German
Christian Democratic Union has responded to changing
demands from women over the past forty years, showing that
a political party need not sacrifice internal democracy
and ignore its members in order to succeed at the polls.
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.
610 20 Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands|xMembership.
650 0 Women|xPolitical activity|zGermany.
650 0 Women|xGovernment policy|zGermany.
650 0 Women|xGovernment policy|zEurope, German-speaking.
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