{"id":1008735,"date":"2025-07-30T10:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unpop.ces.uc.pt\/?p=1008735"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:28:40","slug":"call-for-papers-for-the-special-issue-emotions-in-bottom-up-demand-for-populist-far-right-narratives-and-top-down-construction-of-racialized-classed-and-gendered-identities-in-diverse-political-sy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unpop.ces.uc.pt\/en\/call-for-papers-for-the-special-issue-emotions-in-bottom-up-demand-for-populist-far-right-narratives-and-top-down-construction-of-racialized-classed-and-gendered-identities-in-diverse-political-sy\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers for the Special Issue ‘Emotions in bottom-up demand for populist far-right narratives and top-down construction of racialized, classed, and gendered identities in diverse political systems and cultures’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emotions in bottom-up demand for populist far-right narratives and top-down construction of racialized, classed, and gendered identities in diverse political systems and cultures<\/h3>\n

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We invite proposals for contributions to a Special Issue of the Journal\u00a0Politics, Groups, and Identities<\/em>\u00a0focusing on \u201cEmotions in bottom-up demand for populist far-right narratives and top-down construction of racialized, classed, and gendered identities in diverse political systems and cultures<\/strong><\/b>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to Taylor & Francis website: https:\/\/think.taylorandfrancis.com\/special_issues\/emotions-in-bottom-up-demand-for-populist-far-right-narratives-and-top-down-construction-of-racialized-classed-and-gendered-identities-in-diverse-political-systems-and-cultures\/<\/a><\/p>\n

In recent years, the social sciences have\u00a0witnessed\u00a0a burgeoning interest in narratives that wave emotions with the various dimensions of social identities, in relation to the rise of the\u00a0far-right\u00a0and the propagation of populist communication strategies and practices across the political spectrum. This focus has been prominent since emotions have been seen playing a pivotal role in the construction of national narratives that contributes to political polarization and extremism. Despite extensive research on far-right populist parties and pleaders, a significant gap\u00a0remains\u00a0in the understanding of how far-right populist narratives reproduce themselves amongst diverse social groups and political systems cultures. Most studies have also fallen short of examining how\u00a0far-right\u00a0populism capitalize over logics of aggregation that saturate their rendition of race, gender,\u00a0class\u00a0and sexuality as well as the role that these dimensions of our social identities play in the construction of exclusionary national imaginary and politics. This gap can be bridged by focusing on the so-called demand side of politics, namely on the emotions that move people to support political parties and movements. Moreover, research may focus on the social, cultural, and political roots that generate socio-political phenomena that cut across individual leaders, regional\u00a0contexts\u00a0and public debates. Far right populism has risen in different geopolitical contexts and shown an unprecedented\u00a0capacity\u00a0for adaptation to \u2013 and influence in \u2013 diverse political cultures. To fully grasp the success of\u00a0far-right\u00a0populism beyond any borders,\u00a0this special issue\u00a0pretends to\u00a0examine the role that narratives (and\/or discourses, framing, storytelling) and emotions (and\/or affects, passions, sentiments, feelings, moods, dispositions and attitudes) play in the saturation of\u00a0far-right\u00a0understanding of race, class, gender and sexuality, and related formation of socio-political identities and \u00b4intergroup\u00b4 relations. Rather than focusing primarily on the provide side of politics, this special issue\u00a0aims to\u00a0unravel how social groups that are differently marked by far-right rendition of race, class, gender, and sexuality, e part\u00a0take\u00a0to the propagation of populism in different political cultures, paying particular attention to the processes and mechanisms through which they contribute to the spread of populist rhetoric, ideologies and practices. Conversely, this issue also\u00a0aims to\u00a0explore\u00a0whether alternative understandings of race, class, sexuality and gender, and related accounts of national belonging challenge the appeal of far-right populism or reinforce it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We invite papers\u00a0from a range of\u00a0political and\u00a0social sciences and humanities disciplines\u00a0that explore how emotions interact with dimensions of social identity (race, gender, class, sexuality) to shape political judgments, mobilize collective action, and propagate populist ideologies and practices. Contributions should also consider how alternative discourses and narratives around social identities might either challenge or reinforce far-right populist appeal.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Potential topics include, but are not limited to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n