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EAST EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETIES
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 69-88Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0888325419897993
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gender politics; radical right; substantive representation; Slovakia
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This article examines the gender rhetoric and parliamentary activity of the Slovak Radical Right parties (RRPs), and evaluates the substantive representation of women within these parties in comparison to other parties. The study shows that although women are still significantly outnumbered in RRPs, they are more active on women's issues than any of their counterparts. Their activity can be characterized as positive representation, as opposed to the usually assumed negative representation of women by RRPs.
On the crossroads between preserving a nationalist rhetoric and adding ways in which it can offer an alternative to mainstream politics, the Slovak Radical Right has transformed itself from having unsteady presence in parliament over the last two decades to having two nationalist parties with a significant portion of seats. This article examines the radical right parties' (RRPs') gender rhetoric and parliamentary activity, and in comparison to other parties evaluates the substantive representation of women within these parties. The study covers the period from 2006 to 2016 and shows that while women are still significantly outnumbered in RRPs, they are more active on women's issues than any of their counterparts. Moreover, their activity can be characterized as positive representation, as opposed to the usually assumed negative representation of women by RRPs.
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