212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

At a time of increasing right-wing populism, Women in Populist Rhetoric examines the relationship between populist rhetoric and the real social changes that affect women and how populists gain prominence through the support they receive. Covering a broad spectrum of right-wing group activity in Western, Central and Eastern Europe - including Hungary, France, and Czechia - this volume takes an... Read more

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part I. The Phenomenon of Right-Wing Populism in Europe

Chapter 1. Who are the populists?

Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka

Chapter 2. Who votes for populists? Electoral profile analysis

Karolina Pałka-Suchojad and Renata Podgórzańska

Chapter 3. Returning to tradition or disenchanting politics?

Krystyna Leszczyńska-Wichmanowska and Agnieszka Łukasik-Turecka

 

Part II. Language as a Tool of Influence

Chapter 4. Does Gender Matter for Populism? Communication of populist political actors in Europe regarding women’s rights and their participation in politics

Paulina Barczyszyn-Madziarz and Róża Norström

Chapter 5. Language that divides, language that unites. About feminatives in Polish public discourse

Alicja Gałczyńska and Marzena Marczewska

Chapter 6. Mainsplaining and muting as a patriarchal political

Edyta B. Pietrzak and Agata Włodarska-Frykowska

 

Part III. Populist Parties in Western Europe

Chapter 7. Spain. Positioning of women in VOX’s political program: an analysis of the new populism

Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Małgorzata Madej and Karolina Tybuchowska-Hartlińska

Chapter 8. France. Populist right-wing parties about women: Mother, Frenchwoman, European, patriot

Marzena Cichosz, Elżbieta Szyszlak and Małgorzata Podolak

Chapter 9. Italy. Fratelli d'Italia and the framing of populist female leadership

Agnieszka Cianciara

Chapter 10. The Netherlands: Evasion and Denial of Women's Issues in the Freedom Party Campaign

Magdalena Mikołajczyk, Małgorzata Pacek and Edyta Chrobaczyńska-Plucińska

Chapter 11. Germany. Benevolent Sexism and Women's Role in AfD's Narrative: A Study of Election Programs and Leaders' Communication.

Katarzyna Kamińska-Korolczuk, Marlena Piotrowska and Aleksandra Kamińska

 

Part IV. Populist Parties in Eastern Europe

Chapter 12. Czechia: Political and Legal Remarks on the Phenomenon of ANO 2011 Populism

Marta Michalczuk-Wlizło and Elżbieta Kużelewska

Chapter 13. Poland. Women in the populist narrative of Law and Justice

Dorota Kowalewska,  Joanna Marszałek-Kawa and  Renata Podgórzańska

Chapter 14. Slovakia. The phenomenon of political populism - HZDS, SMER, OĽaNO

Ewelina Kancik-Kołtun

Chapter 15. Hungary. Women in Fidesz's populist narrative

Anna Siewierska and Aleksandra Raba-Schulze

 

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka is Professor of Political Science at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce and Vistula University in Warsaw.

Karolina Pałka-Suchojad is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Public Policies of the Jan Kochanowski University.