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Triumph of the Fatherland - German Unification and the Marginalization of Women (Hardcover)
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Triumph of the Fatherland - German Unification and the Marginalization of Women (Hardcover)
Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany
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The East German uprising of 1989 was not a male revolution. Indeed,
one of the most significant aspects of the fall of East Germany,
compared to that of other East European nations, was the presence
of women demanding a political role in the newly emerging social
order. As one slogan proclaimed, "Without Women There Is No
State."
Yet despite the determination of these women--and of West German
feminist groups--to help shape the future of the German state,
their influence remained, in the end, very limited. In "Triumph of
the Fatherland," political scientist Brigitte Young draws on
in-depth interviews, archival sources, newspapers, and her own
observations from 1989 to 1991 to study the goals, strategies, and
eventual fate of the German women's movements during this
tumultuous period.
Young focuses on the relationship between the state and its
citizenry, outlining the mobilization of women in four states: the
East German and West German states before unification; the
"stateless state" in East Germany after the collapse of the Wall,
and the West German state during unification. Ultimately she finds
that the political opportunity structures opened during the
"stateless state" closed again with unification, resulting in what
Young calls "double gender marginalization."
Brigitte Young is Associate Professor, Department of Political
Science, Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin,
Germany.
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