Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Davidson-Schmich Louise K.
    Gender, Intersectionality, and the Executive Branch: The Case of Angela Merkel
    in German Politics , Volume 20, Issue 3, Special Issue: 'Gender, Intersectionality and the Executive Branch: The Case of Angela Merkel', September ,  2011 ,  325-341
    This introduction provides a theoretical framework for investigating the effect of gender on national-level executive branch leadership. Currently, there is no consensus as to what is expected of a woman who occupies her country's highest office. The article argues that this disagreement is due to the assumption of an idealised ‘woman leader’. Adopting an intersectional approach to studying gender and executive leadership, it is argued that it is possible neither to identify a single ‘female chief executive style’ nor to a priori identify a set of ‘female’ policy positions. Because gender norms differ within and across countries, we must determine ‘what kind’ of a female politician we are studying to determine how her particular gender might impact on her governance. The article then considers what might be expected of a German Bundeskanzlerin who is also a Protestant CDU member trained as a natural scientist and raised in the GDR.
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