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Representing "ordinary women": "feminist populism" during the 2019 parliamentary elections in Poland
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Baltic & East European Graduate School (BEEGS).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4991-0980
2024 (English)In: International feminist journal of politics, ISSN 1461-6742, E-ISSN 1468-4470, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 812-832Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The 2019 parliamentary elections in Poland were the first to take place after the 2016-2018 mass mobilization of Polish women and their allies against further limits on access to abortion. The election outcome demonstrated that political campaigning explicitly appealing to women as a collective political subject was a successful strategy for the left to get back into parliament. This article investigates how some women members of parliament who were elected in 2019 utilized their gendered experience and lobbied for more feminist approaches in Polish politics. It analyzes the articulation of the political discourse during the campaign, paying attention to the activities and demands connected to women's rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) rights, social justice, and the broadening of definitions of "family" and "belonging." The article argues that a wide representation of different struggles under the umbrella of feminist politics served as an alternative to the conservative, nationalist, and Catholic discourse that dominated Polish politics, but also as a strategy to garner popular support. It concludes that by clearly setting themselves apart from conservative and right-wing elites (such as the Catholic Church and the Law and Justice party government), left-wing politicians offered a more inclusive vision of "the People." I propose conceptualizing this political strategy in terms of "feminist populism."

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Routledge, 2024. Vol. 26, no 4, p. 812-832
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-54801DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2387789ISI: 001307576000015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85203256818OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-54801DiVA, id: diva2:1899545
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The Foundation for Baltic and East European StudiesAvailable from: 2024-09-20 Created: 2024-09-20 Last updated: 2024-10-03Bibliographically approved

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