Co-sponsored by Division 31: Women, Gender and Politics Research
In-Person Created Panel
Participants:
- (Discussant) Edana Beauvais, Simon Fraser University
Session Description:
Right-wing, nationalist, populist parties are gaining electoral successes around the globe. But what does the rise in nativism and far-right populism mean for gender and politics? This panel addresses this question from both the demand-side of the voter and the supply side of the political parties. With respect to voters, this panel considers how voters’ gender identities impact their support for radical right parties, and how exogenous shocks resulting in sudden gains in women’s empowerment can create a backlash effect. With respect to parties, this panel considers how far-right leaders use rhetoric to draw on paternalistic norms and feelings of aggrieved masculinity to capitalize on a backlash against women’s empowerment, and how right-wing populist parties seek to frame or reframe women’s policy issues. This panel also considers women’s engagement and influence in far-right movements, clarifying how narratives related to empowerment and traditionalism shape the motivation, recruitment, and influence of women in the far-right. Papers in this panel draw on data from around the world–including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and Latin America–and a range of methodological techniques, including survey data and quantitative analyses, archival research, and qualitative interviews and ethnography, to answer the question: What does the rise in right-wing populism and nativism mean for gender and politics?
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