Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment

<p>This book charts the new phase of global struggles around gender equality and sexual democracy: the ultraconservative mobilization against gender ideology and feminist efforts to counteract it. It argues that anti-gender campaigns which emerged around 2010 in Europe are not a simple continuation of the anti-feminist backlash dating back to the 1970s but part of a new political configuration. Opposition to gender has become a key element of the rise of right-wing populism which successfully harnesses the anxiety shame and anger caused by neoliberalism and threatens to destroy liberal democracy. </p><p>Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment offers a novel conceptualization of the relationship between the ultraconservative anti-gender movement and right-wing populist parties examining the <i>opportunistic synergy</i> between these actors. The authors map the anti-gender campaigns as a global movement putting the Polish case in a comparative perspective. They show that the anti-gender rhetoric is best understood as a reactionary critique of neoliberalism as a socio-cultural formation. The book also studies the recent wave of feminist mass mobilizations viewing the transnational revolt of women as a left populist movement. </p><p>This is an important study for those doing research in politics cultural studies gender and sexuality studies and sociology. It will also be useful for activists and policy makers. </p><p>The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p>