1st Edition
Leading from Behind Gender Equality in Germany During the Merkel Era
Introduction: Leading from Behind? Gender Equality in Germany During the Merkel Era
Petra Ahrens, Phillip M. Ayoub and Sabine Lang
1. Against All Odds: Angela Merkel, Ursula von der Leyen, Anngret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the German Paradox of Female CDU Leadership
Joyce Marie Mushaben
2. Angela Merkel and the CDU Quota Curse
Petra Ahrens and Sabine Lang
3. From Private Wrongs to Public Rights: The Politics of Intersex Activism in the Merkel Era
Angelika Von Wahl
4. Marriage Equality in Germany: Conservative Normalisation Instead of Successful Anti-Gender Mobilisation
Annette Henninger
5. A Rainbow Bundestag? An Intersectional Analysis of LGBTI Representation in Angela Merkel’s Germany
Anne Louise Schotel
6. Gender and the Integration of Newcomers in Merkel’s Germany
Heather Macrae
7. Angela Merkel’s Record on Immigration and Gender
Alex Street
8. Game-Changers for Gender Equality in Germany’s Labour Market? Corporate Board Quotas, Pay Transparency and Temporary Part-Time Work
Petra Ahrens and Alexandra Scheele
9. Gender Equality in the Field of Care: Policy Goals and Outcomes During the Merkel Era
Diana Auth and Almut Peukert
Biography
Petra Ahrens is Academy of Finland Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland. She focuses on gender equality in the EU and Germany, gender-sensitive parliaments, and transnational civil society. Alongside articles, she is the author of Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs (2018).
Phillip M. Ayoub is a professor in the Department of Political Science at University College London, UK. His research bridges insights from international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on transnational politics, sexuality politics, and the study of social movements. He is the author of When States Come Out (2016).
Sabine Lang is Jean Monnet Chair of Civil Society, Inclusion & Diversity in the European Union, and Professor of European & International Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, USA. Her work focuses on gender politics and civil society in comparative perspective and in the EU.
