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Wiliarty, Sarah. "Similar Parties, Different Policies: Christian Democrats and Women in Austria and Germany" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61443_index.html>

Wiliarty, S. , 2004-09-02 "Similar Parties, Different Policies: Christian Democrats and Women in Austria and Germany" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61443_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Since the advent of women’s movements in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Christian Democratic parties have struggled to come to terms with new demands from women. Although in the immediate postwar period women were quite supportive of Christian Democracy at the polls, since the 1970s this support has plummeted as female voters and Christian Democrats increasing disagreed on issues such as abortion, working mothers, and women’s political participation. Christian Democratic parties have responded to the loss of support in a variety of ways. It is particularly interesting to note that in Austria and Germany, two countries often considered quite similar, Christian Democrats have responded to new demands from women in divergent ways. Despite broad similarities in context, the positions and behavior of the Christian Democratic parties in the two countries have been different on three important issues concerning women: abortion, policies for working mothers, and women’s quotas. This paper argues that the policies of the Austrian People’s Party and the German Christian Democrats differ because of the different structures of the women’s organizations within the two parties. While both parties have auxiliary organizations for women, the women’s auxiliary organization in the German Christian Democratic party is significantly stronger than its Austrian counterpart. This difference in organizational strength does not mean that one Christian Democratic party’s policies should be considered more feminist than the other’s, but it does mean that different women within the party are able to enact their policy agendas.

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