CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Lorena Drakula |
|---|---|
| Title | The Radical Right's Three-dimensional Approach to Gender Equality - the Case of Croatia |
| Summary | While gender equality develops across Europe, the Eastern European region lags behind its western neighbors. This paper asks the question of how the ‘gender gap’ has developed with regards to the rise of the radical right and explores this in the case of Croatia, demonstrating that illiberalism plays a role in hindering gender parity. The Global Gender Gap Index is introduced as an index which provides data on women’s representation and empowerment, and critically evaluated with a focus on how this index fails to explain noticeable trends or account for the role of social movements. Then, this paper will look at the idea of equality in the context of the radical right, challenging perceptions of the radical right as uniform in its outlook. Taking Croatia as a case study, the dynamics between the radical right movement and countermovement in the radical right political space will be explored through their opposition or promotion of gender equality and the gendered nature of their political agendas. Based on this analysis, the Global Gender Gap Index will be reassessed, stressing the importance of historical, societal, and political factors in developing time-scale studies from the reports, as well as including a more power and domination sensitive analysis in promoting a humanistic ideal of gender equality. |
| Supervisor | Bela Greskovits |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/drakula_lorena.pdf |
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