Triumph of the Fatherland : German Unification and the Marginalization of Women.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations of West and East German Organizations -- Introduction: Feminisms and the German Political Regimes -- 1. Political Opportunity Structures and Feminist Protest in Thought and Practice: The German Historical Legacy and Women's Mobilization in East and West Germany, 1945−1989 -- 2. The East German "Stateless State" Period and Feminist Mobilization -- 3. The Closing of the Political Opportunity Structure and Feminist Differentiation -- 4. A Closed Opportunity Structure: German Unification and "Double Gender Marginalization -- 5. The East and West German Women's Movements and the German State -- 6. Democratization without Women: Comparisons to Other Eastern European Countries -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Tells the story of the women who fought for a voice in the construction of a German state system.

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