Beyond Left, Right, and Center: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity in Contemporary Germany

Women’s political representation is often expected to be better on “the left.” However, the reality is more complicated. Using Germany’s multi—party system as its central case study, Beyond Left, Right, and Center challenges this conventional wisdom on political ideology.

Christina Xydias shows that some right—leaning parties advocate for women’s rights and interests, while left— and right—leaning parties can be equally indifferent to lack of representation for women from marginalized group...