From 'Backlash' to 'Pragmatics': Unpacking Illiberal Gender Politics in Poland

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Abstract

Grzebalska examines the Polish defense sector, social policy and labor market policy, showing how illiberals combine anti-gender elements with (some) continuity of equality policy. These findings lead her to critique arguments about a ‘backlash’ and ‘anti-gender’ trends and suggest that illiberal gender politics has to be studied as dynamic, nuanced, and pragmatic. They also raise the need to examine how illiberalism is embedded in national cultures.

Author

• Weronika Grzebalska, Inst of Philosophy and Sociology PAS (Poland)