Another Progressive's Dilemma
Immigration, the Radical Right & Threats to Gender Equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rafaela Dancygier (0000-0001-9569-134X, Institute of Semitic Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 149 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-71 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01773 |
| OpenAlex | W2997515384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 4 |
Immigration and the diversity it brings have led to the emergence of the “progressive's dilemma” whereby open societies that take in immigrant outsiders may find it difficult to maintain the solidarity required to sustain the welfare state. In this essay, I address another progressive's dilemma: Focusing on the case of Western Europe, I argue that when open borders give rise to radical-right parties, immigration can inadvertently also endanger progressive achievements in gender equality. Though xenophobic policies frequently constitute their core message and the primary source of their appeal, radical-right parties are also defenders of traditional family values and outspoken critics of measures that promote the economic and political advancement of women. Moreover, the composition of these parties, both in terms of voters and politicians, is disproportionately male. As a result, when radical-right, anti-immigrant parties enter national parliaments, the descriptive and substantive representation of women suffers, sometimes reversing long-held gains in gender equality
Appeal · Dilemma · Diversity (politics · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radical right · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Welfare state · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Gender and Immigration in VOX
Employing women's rights as a racist weapon
Backlash against “identity politics”
The rise of the Radical Right in Italy
Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism
Ethnonationalist Gender Norms
Subjective economic insecurity and attitudes toward immigration and feminists among voters on the Right in Canada
Sympathy for the strong leader in Europe
What you see is not what you get
Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation
Competing for Loyalists? How Party Positioning Affects Populist Radical Right Voting
Hate Crimes and Gender Imbalances
A closed border is a compassionate border
Field of Education and Political Behavior
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |