The role of gender in the mobilisation, electoral expansion and normalisation of the radical right

Abstract

Gender has become a key lens to understand how the radical right is increasingly accepted and popular in our societies. Women are participating in radical right parties more than ever; radical right actors are using both femonationalist and anti-gender tropes to expand their appeal; and gender traditionalist attitudes are important predictors for radical right support. All these processes have significant implications for liberal democracy and gender equality. The proposed panel looks at these issues by exploring how gender shapes both the supply and the demand of radical right parties and movements. Its contributions take an international comparative perspective and cover a broad range of countries from Western, Central, and Eastern Europe as well as the United States, using a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches. The panel thus provides novel insights into the role that gender plays in the mobilisation, electoral expansion, and legitimation of radical right politics.

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