TY - BOOK AU - Smrdelj,Rok AU - Kuhar,Roman ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Europe and the Feminist Response: Productive Resistance T2 - Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology, SN - 9783031876936 AV - HQ12-449 U1 - 305.3 23 PY - 2025/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Sex KW - Identity politics KW - Feminism KW - Feminist theory KW - Comparative government KW - Europe KW - Politics and government KW - Gender Studies KW - Politics and Gender KW - Feminism and Feminist Theory KW - Comparative Politics KW - European Politics N1 - The Rise of Anti-Gender Mobilizations -- Contentious Gender Politics in Italy: Feminist Responses to Anti-Gender Mobilizations -- Navigating Antagonism: Feminist and LGBT+ Responses to Slovenian Anti-Gender Mobilizations -- The Battle of Concepts: French Feminist Mobilizations Against the Far Right’s Appropriation of the Feminist Legacy -- From Confrontation to Avoidance: Feminist Responses to Anti-Gender Mobilization in Spain -- Anti-Feminist and Anti-Gender Coalitions and Feminist Resilience in Turkey -- Not Just Ranting in the Streets, but Also Concrete Actions: Polish Feminist and LGBT+ Responses to Anti-Gender Politics -- Patriarchal Backlash and Feminist Responses in Greece Today -- “So Common to Score Cheap Points on Being an Antifeminist”: The Rise of Antifeminist and Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Denmark and the Feminist Response -- Productive Resistance; Open Access N2 - This book provides a comprehensive mapping of anti-gender mobilizations in Italy, Slovenia, France, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Greece, and Denmark. In recent years, Europe has witnessed the rise and consolidation of these mobilizations, posing significant challenges to progress in equality politics. While analyzing the key actors, strategies, and discourses driving these movements, the book also shifts its focus to feminist and LGBT+ resistance. Drawing on interviews with activists from eight European countries, it identifies key opposition strategies that increasingly reflect productive resistance. By examining these evolving forms of activism, the book sheds light on the threats posed by anti-gender mobilizations and the innovative responses that sustain feminist and LGBT+ movements in today’s struggles. It will be of interest to researchers and students in gender studies, feminist studies, political sociology, and comparative politics. Rok Smrdelj is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Roman Kuhar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87693-6 ER -