What we miss when we overlook the gendered aspects of nationalist mobilisation

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ID6306602
AutoresCynthia Miller-Idri (0000-0002-2849-0799, American University, autor correspondente), Cynthia Miller‐idri, Cynthia Miller‐Idriss (Department of Justice, Law & Criminology American University Washington DC USA)
Ano2024
Volume30
Fascículo3
Páginas404-409
Data de publicação2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.13031
OpenAlexW4399792495
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas27

Schertzer and Woods have written a timely, rigorous, and thoughtful examination of the rise of ethnic nationalism in the West. The book adeptly anchors the political mobilization of white majorities in the defensive postures that define them while simultaneously explaining the broader historical and cultural contexts that are so often missing from contemporary analyses. This critical analysis fell short, however, in its relative lack of engagement on issues related to gender and the gendered mobilization of nationalist and extremist backlash, including violence. But aside from brief mentions of the case of the 2016 U.S. election and the femonationalism of Marine Le Pen and others like her, the arguments put forth in the book suffer from an inattention to gendered dimensions in ways that hollow out the explanatory power of their claims by leaving out some of the most persuasive evidence about the role that gender, hostile sexism, and misogyny play in mobilizing support for violent extremism, political violence, nationalist movements, and other forms of xenophobic and exclusionary ideas. In this book debate essay, I briefly lay out what I think was missed and why it matters

Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies