Universität Wien

210119 SE M11: Gender, populism, and the radical right (2024W)

12.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 35 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 16.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 23.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 30.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 06.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 20.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 27.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 04.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 11.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 08.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 15.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 22.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Wednesday 29.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The increasing normalization of the populist radical right in many countries is one of the most important political developments in recent years. In addition to deciphering what is populism, and what are varieties of radical right ideologies and parties, the FOP will direct attention towards issues that especially pertain to feminist and LGBTQ politics, and to related intersectional questions regarding race, gender, and sexuality. Readings will focus primarily on Europe, yet, research papers can include case studies outside Europe.

Themes covered will include: what is the difference between populism, and the radical right? How do populist radical right parties in Europe vary in their approach to gender and sexual equality? Why are some radical right parties now led by successful women politicians? Are all radical right parties socially conservative? Are they all equally racist and anti-migrant? Are they still masculinist parties which mostly work for men's interests? How do anti-gender movements relate to the populist radical right?

The seminar will introduce students to a variety of methods mobilized to study these questions.

Assessment and permitted materials

It expects that students prepare for class by completing the readings in advance, and contributing to class discussions. Participants will complete a seminar paper to conclude the seminar.

The paper seminar will:

a) focus on a detailed literature review of one aspect of gender and the politics of the radical right
b) and will include a case study for analysis.

The paper must show that the student has identified relevant secondary literature, has understood relevant existing scholarship, and has assimilated it to frame appropriately their final paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Type of performance assessment:

- Attendance: 3 or more absences will result in a Fail.

- Coming prepared to class having completed the reading.

- Actively participating in class discussions.

- At least 5 comments on the Moodle weekly discussion board by the end of the Semester.

- A detailed paper proposal, to be reviewed and approved by the professor. The paper proposal must include a bibliographic list of key peer-reviewed publications which will be consulted and included for the final paper.

- A final seminar paper, between 2000- 2500 words.

Examination topics

Reading list

Illustrative readings:

- Geva, Dorit. "Daughter, Mother, Captain: Marine Le Pen, Gender, and Populism in the French National Front." Social Politics 27, no. 1 (2020): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxy039.

- Korolczuk, Elżbieta, and Agnieszka Graff. "Gender as "Ebola from Brussels": The Anticolonial Frame and the Rise of Illiberal Populism." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 43, no. 4 (2018): 797–821. https://doi.org/10.1086/696691.

- Sauer, Birgit. 2022. "Radical Right Populist Debates on Female Muslim Body-Coverings in Austria. between Biopolitics and Necropolitics." IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER, May. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2022.2071515.

Scrinzi, Francesca (2024). The racialization of sexism: Framings of gender and sexuality in the Lega Nord and the Front national. In The Racialization of Sexism (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 45–70). United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315112831-3

- Spierings, N., Zaslove, A., Mügge, L. M., & de Lange, S. L. (2015). Gender and populist radical-right politics: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 49(1-2), 3–15. doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2015.1023642

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