About this eBook
Examining wins and losses in elections and assessing accountabilities in those results this broad and international collection analyses how the issue of gender and LGBTQ identity is both factored into, and determines electoral success, not only in consolidated democracies such as the United States, New Zealand, and Norway, but also in a country facing an undemocratic turn such as Poland. . Does raising the subject of gender and LGBTQ issues affect electoral processes? Are there countries where gender and LGBTQ issues are more likely to be instrumentalised in the electoral process? Can common patterns between countries be detected? This book seeks to answer these questions and center gendered issues through a range of topics including party loyalty, voter participation, gendered media coverage, and discourses on electoral defeat, and leadership.
This book is suitable for students and scholars in LGBTQ Studies, Politics, Social Sciences and Gender Studies.
About the author
Paulina Barczyszyn-Madziarz is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Sciences, University of Wrocław (Poland). She graduated in political science and economics. She received her Ph.D. in social sciences. Her dissertation was awarded a distinction. She participated in several international research projects funded by the European Union (European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Erasmus+ Programme) and the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. Her research interests focus mainly on political communication. She is a member of the Polish Communication Association as well as the Polish Political Science Association.
Przemysław Żukiewicz is a Professor of Comparative Politics and head of the Data and Social Networks Lab at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław (Poland). His focus is on political leadership, political communication, and social networks. He conducted research projects funded by the European Union, the National Science Centre, the Ministry of Science and the International Visegrad Fund. He made research or gave guest lectures at many foreign universities. He was awarded in prestigious Polish competitions (including the best doctoral thesis defended in political science and the political science book of the year). He is a founder and co-chair of the gender & queer politics section of the Polish Political Science Association.
