From parish to parliament: resources and alliances of anti-gender movements in Southeast Europe

Tranfić, Ivan (2025) From parish to parliament: resources and alliances of anti-gender movements in Southeast Europe. East European Politics, 41 (3). pp. 401-422. ISSN 2159-9165 (Print), 2159-9173 (Online)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2025.2528722

Abstract

IN ENGLISH: This article explores the emergence of anti-gender mobilisation in Southeast Europe with a comparative case study of Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia. I employ a most similar systems design to explain different outcomes, namely, varying levels of movement mobilisation in the three countries. Two factors are proven to be crucial: religious resource mobilisation and right-wing alliance dynamics. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with leaders of anti-gender organisations to better understand actors’ strategic motivations and perceptions of context when deciding (not) to mobilise. The article shows that investigations of countermovements should be expanded by analyses disaggregating the seemingly monolithic field of (far-)right politics. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Ovaj članak istražuje pojavu antirodne mobilizacije u jugoistočnoj Europi kroz komparativnu studiju slučaja Bugarske, Hrvatske i Srbije. Primjenjuje se dizajn najsličnijih sustava kako bi se objasnili različiti ishodi, odnosno različite razine mobilizacije pokreta u te tri zemlje. Dva se čimbenika pokazuju ključnima: mobilizacija religijskih resursa i dinamika savezništava na desnici. Provedeni su polustrukturirani intervjui s voditeljima antirodnih organizacija kako bi se bolje razumjele strateške motivacije aktera i njihove percepcije konteksta pri odlučivanju hoće li (ili neće) kolektivno djelovati. Članak pokazuje da bi istraživanja protupokreta trebalo proširiti analizama koje raščlanjuju naizgled monolitno polje (krajnje) desne politike.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Od župe do parlamenta: resursi i savezništva antirodnih pokreta u jugoistočnoj Europi.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Anti-gender movements, comparative politics, the radical right, Southeast Europe, qualitative interviews, social movement studies (antirodni pokreti, komparativna politika, radikalna desnica, jugoistočna Europa, kvalitativni intervjui, studije društvenih pokreta)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Depositing User: Karolina
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2026 08:37
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2026 08:37
URI: http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1285

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