Routing or Rerouting Europe? The Civilizational Mission of Anti-Gender Politics in Eastern Europe

The European Union is often seen as a bulwark of progressive values, including LGBTI rights. By restricting such rights, politicians thus appear to reject the EU's fundamental principles. This paper argues, however, that anti-gender politics is often a surprisingly pro-European phenomenon. Many...

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Published inProblems of post-communism Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 143 - 152
Main Author Mos, Martijn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Armonk Routledge 04.03.2023
M. E. Sharpe Inc
Subjects
Accession
European integration
Euroscepticism
Gender
LGBTQ people
Public opinion
Rights
Europe
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Summary:The European Union is often seen as a bulwark of progressive values, including LGBTI rights. By restricting such rights, politicians thus appear to reject the EU's fundamental principles. This paper argues, however, that anti-gender politics is often a surprisingly pro-European phenomenon. Many of its practitioners rebuff accusations of Euroskepticism. For them, rights restrictions are less an attempt to reject European integration than to redirect its trajectory. They aim to reconnect the EU with Europe's civilizational roots. The paper illustrates this argument by analyzing the discourse actors have used to justify anti-gender policies in three countries: Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia.
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ISSN:1075-8216
1557-783X
DOI:10.1080/10758216.2022.2050927