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Author:   Sarah Tobias ,  Arlene Stein ,  Valentine M. Moghadam ,  Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.002kg
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9781978825307

ISBN 10:   1978825307
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   16 September 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy's survival in these perilous times. --Urvashi Vaid Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically

This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy's survival in these perilous times. --Urvashi Vaid Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity. --Julia Roth author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality i

"""This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times."" -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically * ""The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity."" -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality in the Americas * ""This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times."" -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically * ""The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity."" -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality i *"

"""This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy's survival in these perilous times.""--Urvashi Vaid ""Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically"" ""The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity.""--Julia Roth ""author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality i"""

This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy's survival in these perilous times. --Urvashi Vaid Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity. --Julia Roth author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality in the Americas

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SARAH TOBIAS is associate director of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University and affiliate faculty in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department. She is co-editor of Trans Studies: The Challenge to Hetero/Homo Normativities, which won the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award. ARLENE STEIN directs the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University, where she is also a distinguished professor of Sociology. She has published books about rightwing populism in the US and about Holocaust memory, among other subjects. Her latest book is Unbound: Transgender Men and the Transformation of Identity.  

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