Adjusting venues and voices
Populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petra Ahrens (0000-0002-1867-4519, Tampere University, corresponding author), Alison Woodward (0009-0002-1808-2713, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 486-502 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2020.1801181 |
| OpenAlex | W3048715812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 46 |
The European Parliament (EP) offers channels for policy input through committees, intragroups, and the commissioning of reports and studies. Civil society equality organizations (CSOs) promoting diversity, gender equality and sexual rights are among the actors using such channels. Today they experience severe cut-backs and direct attacks by populist and radical-right parties who increasingly gained electoral support in several member states. The trajectory on the supranational level is less clear. This article examines the question of whether the increase in populist and right-wing parties in the EP changed how supranational CSOs promoting (gender) equality used venues for making their voice heard in EP policy-making in the 2014–2019 legislature. We investigate the challenges to the relationships between the EP, its committees and political groups, and equality CSOs. Analysing documents and interviews with MEPs and CSOs, our findings show that in the changing political environment, CSOs have moved towards more informal channels of participation, thereby avoiding polarization and conflict and maintaining an effective presence on the political stage
Civil society · Direct action · Gender equality · Legislature · Parliament · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
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Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe
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Interest Representation in the European Union
Women and Austerity
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Building velvet triangles
Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe
NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere
Gender in the crisis and remaking of Europe
Reversing gender policy progress
The Feminist Project under Threat in Europe
EU civil society
Assessing Advocacy
Gender Expertise in Public Policymaking
Anti-feministische Politiker*innen im Frauenrechtsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments
Feminist NGOs and the European Union
The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality in the European Parliament
The Platform of European Social NGOs
Gendering the Representative Work of the European Parliament
Fish Fingers and Measles? Assessing Complex Gender Equality in the Scenarios for the Future of Europe
The birth, life, and death of policy instruments
Gendering transnational party politics
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When States Come Out
Women and austerity
Questioning Consensuses
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |