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Lesson 1.1: What is ‘Anti-Gender’ Politics? Origins, Uses & Controversies

6. EXTRA: Annotated Bibliography

1. Paternotte, David & Kuhar, Roman (eds.) (2017). Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe: Mobilizing against Equality. The first comparative volume on anti-gender politics. Shows how campaigns share networks, funding sources, and frames across Europe.

2. Graff, Agnieszka & Korolczuk, Elżbieta (2022). Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment. Oxford University Press. Analyses anti-gender as a reactionary populist movement that defends patriarchal and nationalist hierarchies. Offers detailed Polish and transnational case studies.

3. Grzebalska, Weronika; Kováts, Eszter; & Pető, Andrea (2017). ’Gender as Symbolic Glue.’ Political Critique / FEPS Report. Introduces the key metaphor of ‘symbolic glue’ explaining how ‘gender ideology’ unites diverse political actors.

4. RESIST Project Team (2024). National and Transnational Reports on the Formation of Anti-Gender Politics.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10778419 A comprehensive empirical study covering nine European countries. Demonstrates how anti-gender rhetoric adapts to local histories and intersects with race, class, and nationalism.

5. Fassin, Éric (2017). Populisme: Le grand ressentiment. Textuel. Situates French anti-gender and anti-’Islamo-gauchisme’ discourses within republican universalism and the politics of resentment.

6. Hark, Sabine & Villa, Paula-Irene (2015). ’Anti-Genderism: Sexuality and Gender as Scenes of Current Political Conflicts.’ Transcript Verlag. Explores how German debates about ‘Genderwahn’ (gender madness) reveal struggles over democracy, knowledge, and family norms.

7. Graff, Agnieszka & Korolczuk, Elżbieta (2018). ’Towards an Illiberal Consensus: Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe.’ Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 43(4), 797–821. Shows how anti-gender narratives connect illiberal populism, nationalism, and religious conservatism.

8. European Parliament / Reuters / IAMCR Reports (2021-2024). Document policy cases such as Hungary’s 2018 ban on Gender Studies and 2021 ‘Child Protection Law,’ confirming the persistence of state-driven anti-gender legislation.