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- Title
Geschlecht und Demokratie: Deutungskämpfe um die Ordnung der Gesellschaft in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
- Authors
Heinemann, Isabel; Steber, Martina
- Abstract
The history of democracy of the Federal Republic of Germany has been characterized by bitter confrontations over gender orders. Notions of a natural or just gender order not only entered the West German constitution, but they also shaped the political functioning of democratic institutions and fashioned the way democratic principles were adopted and internalized on a day-to-day basis. From the start, these concepts were heavily contested. By introducing six different research perspectives the authors explore how the production of gender as a social category and the establishment and practice of democracy were inextricably intertwined during the first decades of the Federal Republic. Focusing on contested gender orders allows a better understanding of the inner contradictions and tensions of the West German democratic project.
- Subjects
GERMANY; GERMANY (West); HISTORY of democracy; GENDER; CONTRADICTION
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2021, Vol 69, Issue 4, p669
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2021-0043