Vom Kampf ums Frauenwahlrecht zur Parité: Politische Repräsentation von Frauen gestern und heute

100 years ago, women in Germany received the right to vote and, hence, formally equal political citizenship with men. Looking at the historical and international dimension of the women’s suffrage movement shows that its fight was very committed as well as long-lasting. Until today it is, however, a...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 2019-01, Vol.50 (1), p.167-186
Main Authors: Abels, Gabriele, Cress, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:100 years ago, women in Germany received the right to vote and, hence, formally equal political citizenship with men. Looking at the historical and international dimension of the women’s suffrage movement shows that its fight was very committed as well as long-lasting. Until today it is, however, a neglected part of the history of democracy and also underestimated in theoretical terms. Applying a more differentiated and problematized concept of representation as used in gender studies in political science it becomes clear that some representational deficits have decreased, while others still exist. Whether the current debate over the need for a (French-style) parity law offers a way out of the democratic dilemma of multi-dimensional representational deficits is also discussed.
ISSN:0340-1758
1862-2534
DOI:10.5771/0340-1758-2019-1-167