Gender and sexualities in the European far-right political discourse

In the past decades there has been considerate advances of political far-right parties in Europe. Some far-right populist parties have strengthened their political position among youth, the working class, women and gay-and-lesbian rights people in the recent electoral moments by including gender issues and ‘sexual emancipation’ in their political programmes and public discourses. They have been progressing towards a new type of nationalism in which women’s rights and sexual minorities’ rights support are seen as advanced and progressive in opposition of immigrant communities, particularly from... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ramalho, Ana Catarina Silva Aguiar Martinha
Dokumenttyp: masterThesis
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Gender / Sexualities / Far-right / Europe / Nationalism / Islam / France / The Netherlands / Género / Sexualidade / Extrema direita / Europa / Nacionalismo / Islão / França / Países Baixos / Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27587612
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20787

In the past decades there has been considerate advances of political far-right parties in Europe. Some far-right populist parties have strengthened their political position among youth, the working class, women and gay-and-lesbian rights people in the recent electoral moments by including gender issues and ‘sexual emancipation’ in their political programmes and public discourses. They have been progressing towards a new type of nationalism in which women’s rights and sexual minorities’ rights support are seen as advanced and progressive in opposition of immigrant communities, particularly from Muslim countries. This dissertation aims to explore the use of gender and gay-and-lesbian issues through a qualitative analysis of anti-Islam political documents and speeches used by far-right parties in France (Rassemblement National/Front National) and The Netherlands (The Party for Freedom), where gender and sexual minorities issues have been explicitly visible in their political discourse in recent years. ; Nas últimas décadas, têm-se observado avanços de partidos políticos de extremadireita na Europa. Alguns partidos populistas de extrema-direita nos momentos eleitorais mais recentes têm fortalecido a sua posição política entre os jovens, trabalhadores, mulheres e pessoas gay e lésbicas, incluindo as questões de género e de "emancipação sexual" nos seus programas e discursos políticos. Os partidos em questão têm progredido em direção a um novo tipo de nacionalismo no qual os direitos das mulheres e o apoio aos direitos das minorias sexuais são vistos como progressistas em oposição às comunidades de imigrantes, particularmente vindas de países muçulmanos. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo explorar a utilização das questões de género e das pessoas gay e lésbicas através de uma análise qualitativa de documentos e discursos políticos anti-islão, usados pelos partidos de extrema-direita na França (Rassemblement National/Front National) e nos Países Baixos (The Party for Freedom), onde as questões de género e das minorias ...