Call for Proposals Book project ³Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe²
Following the successful conference in Nuremberg/Germany in September 2012
we invite
applications to contribute to the planned volume: Gender and Far Right
Politics in Europe.
The book aims to bring together scientists of all career stages and/or
critical activists,
journalists and authors from different European countries who did research
on aspects of the
named topic. Submissions could refer to the following aspects (all or parts
or additional
ones):
A. Women/men within the far right
- quantitative shares of women/men at diverse dimensions of far right
activities (hate
crimes, elections etc.)
- preferred issues and ways of activity
- womenıs organisations
- social networking
- social resources and backgrounds
- international connections
- effects of womenıs presence in the far right (within the scene)
B. Gender specific attempts to infiltrate civil society
- improving public image of the far right
- community activism
- educational system and social work
- using of social media and virtual media
- (anti-)feminism as a strategy
- relation to homosexuality / LGBT-communities
C. Ideology
- narrative strategies
- dealing with the past
- gender ideologies
- role of intellectuals and churches
D. Motivations
- findings on reasons and ways to become a member of the far right
- criticism of traditional explanatory of political science
E. Countermeasures and preventive measures
- sensitivity for gender perspectives on the far right at diverse actors
(police, courts,
media, social work, school, )
- Interventions and Alienations
F. Researching in the field of gender and right wing extremism
- approaching and entering the field of research
- field-experiences
- getting out of the field of research
We like to encourage especially submissions with comparative perspectives on
two or more
countries, but also submissions which cover the situation in just one
country. Preference will
be given proposals covering Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK, Czech
Republic, and
Croatia.Interested persons should submit a short CV and a half- to one-page
description of
their proposed chapter. These should be sent to [log in to unmask] by
30th of
November 2012. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 1st of January
2013 and the
papers 6-8000 words should be submitted by 1st of March 2013.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Petö, Central European University Budapest (Hu),
Prof. Dr. Michaela Köttig, University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt a.M.
(Ger),
Prof. Dr. Renate Bitzan, Georg-Simon-Ohm-University of Appl. Sciences
Nürnberg (Ger)
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