Brigitte Young is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin, Germany.
". . . clearly and concisely documents how the conservative
structure and practices of the West German state, plus the
fundamental differences between East German 'political' and West
German 'cultural' feminism, frustrated the UFV's attempt to place
women's issues at the center of a newly unified Germany, and
reveals the dismal results thereafter. This knowledgeable,
well-written, and largely objective monograph also briefly compares
the East German women's experiences with women in other
postcommunist societies."
--C. Fink, Ohio State University, Choice, March 2000
--C. Fink, Ohio State University "Choice" (5/10/2000 12:00:00
AM)
"[An] excellent analysis of female exclusion. . . ."
--Debbie Wagener, Birmingham University, German Politics, August
2000
--Debbie Wagener, Birmingham University "German Politics"
(12/8/2000 12:00:00 AM)
"Among the remarkable phenomena of the East German autumn of 1989
was the emergence, almost overnight, of a dynamic, articulate
feminist movement. Yet within a few months the movement had become
demoralized, fragmented, and politically marginal. . . . Young's
book helps us to understand why women's interests played such a
disturbingly small role in reunification."
--Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa, Central European History,
Volume 33, No. 2 (2000)
--Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa "Central European History"
(1/29/2001 12:00:00 AM)
"Young's analysis of German unification from a gender-specific
perspective offers a useful insight both into the processes of the
West German state and the differences between the women's movements
in East and West Germany. She takes a measured view of what East
German women won and lost in the unification process and of the
achievements of the UFV, whose aims were always bound to come to
naught as it failed to grasp the gendered nature of the state which
took over its own and the East German people's desire for speedy
unification."
--Helen L. Boak, University of Hertfordshire, German History,
18:3
--Helen L. Boak, University of Hertfordshire "German History"
(10/17/2000 12:00:00 AM)
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