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Gender, Populism and Collective Identity: a Feminist Analysis of the Maoist Movement in Nepal
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Abstract This article examines the construction of gender agendas in left-wing populist movements that mobilise for armed struggle, by focusing on the case of the Maoist movement in Nepal. Feminist scholarship has highlighted how left-wing populism, when appealing to a generalized "people", tend to produce h... mehr
This article examines the construction of gender agendas in left-wing populist movements that mobilise for armed struggle, by focusing on the case of the Maoist movement in Nepal. Feminist scholarship has highlighted how left-wing populism, when appealing to a generalized "people", tend to produce homogenizing discourses that erase inequalities and difference, even when such movements integrate a gender dimension. Examining the trajectory of the Maoist movement over time, we argue that this 'sameness' may become contested and utilized by women participating in the lower echelons of the movement, as the political reality shifts from conflict to post-conflict context. As our main contribution, we develop a bi-directional approach that employs the concept of collective identity and allows us to examine the construction of populist agendas as a two-way interaction between the leadership of a movement and its grass roots supporters. Through this approach we show how the gender dimension was not merely a bi-product but central to both the construction of the Maoist movement's war time 'progressive' identity, and the fragmentation of this identity and the movement’s populist appeal in the post-conflict context.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
politische Bewegung; Populismus; politische Linke; Mobilisierung; Gender; Feminismus; kollektive Identität; Konflikt; Nepal; Südasien
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Ex-combatant
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 35-46
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Human Security, 18 (2022) 2
Heftthema
Re-thinking Violence, Everyday and (In)Security: Feminist/Intersectional Interventions
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)