Bulletin n. 2/2011 | ||
October 2011 | ||
Kintz Melanie |
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Intersectionality and Bundestag leadership selection | ||
in German Politics , Volume 20, Issue 3, Special Issue: 'Gender, Intersectionality and the Executive Branch: The Case of Angela Merkel', September , 2011 , 410-427 | ||
This article examines how particular personal characteristics sex, age, and Eastern German origin influenced the careers of Angela Merkel and other Members of the Bundestag (MdB) in the 13th16th electoral periods. It seeks to explain what kind of MdB are most likely to rise to parliamentary leadership functions. I argue that while Merkel's career is, in the German context, atypical, this fact makes Merkel typical of female chief executives in other countries, who have often come to power under exceptional circumstances. | ||