Gender, Class, and Family: Men and Gender Equality in a Danish Context

Christensen, Ann-Dorte; Larsen, Jørgen Elm

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“…Men outnumber women among both voters and members of these parties (Erzeel and Rashkova 2017;Pettersson 2017;Ylä-Anttila and Luhtakallio 2017), with some researchers even labelling right-wing populist parties as Männerparteien (men's parties) (Mudde 2007, 90-118;Mudde and Rovira Kaltwasser 2015, 22). But unlike the US, both Finland and Sweden are oftentimes heralded as examples of the Nordic "women-friendly welfare state," which is underpinned by the assumption that gendered hierarchies and social class inequalities have been dismantled with the direct involvement and commitment of both men and women in virtually homogeneous societies (Christensen and Larsen 2008;Johansson and Klinth 2008). Gender equality and solidarity still enjoy a strong support in both Finland and Sweden (Norocel 2017;Ylä-Anttila and Luhtakallio 2017), although neoliberalism has seriously undermined the principle of universal access to welfare provision, which was another important tenet of the Nordic welfare model.…”

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“…Unlike the United States, however, both Finland and Sweden have been commonly heralded as examples of Nordic “women-friendly welfare states.” Such claims are underpinned by an assumption that gendered hierarchies and social class inequalities have been dismantled by the direct involvement and commitment of men and women in virtually homogeneous societies (Christensen and Larsen 2008; Johansson and Klinth 2008). Gender equality and solidarity still enjoy strong support in both Finland and Sweden (Norocel 2017; Ylä-Anttila and Luhtakallio 2017), although neoliberalism has seriously diluted the principle of universal access to welfare provision—hitherto regarded as a central tenet of the Nordic welfare model.…”

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Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media

Norocel

Saresma

Lähdesmäki

et al. 2018

Men and Masculinities

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Using superordinate intersectionality as a theoretical framework, this article explores notions of men and masculinities within right wing populism. It is attentive to how the right-wing populist media in Finland and Sweden construct white Nordic masculinities through discursive interactions across several axes of difference: gender (masculinities); sexuality (heterosexuality); social class (elites); and race (whitenesses). Employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as methodological approach, we show how the discursive constructions of white Nordic masculinities are context contingent, rendering them subject to constant reinterpretation and repositioning, at times privileging some axes of social structuring over others. By drawing out the subtle similarities and discrete differences embedded in the discursive constructions of right-wing populist media, our approach gives a more fine-grained understanding of the nuance to men and masculinities in the study of right wing populism. By focusing on the European Nordic semi-periphery, our comparative analysis makes an original contribution, not only to the masculinities literature in general, but also to the growing scholarship concerned with the `crisis of masculinity' in the wider context of neoliberal globalizing tendencies.

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Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media

Norocel

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Lähdesmäki

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Men and Masculinities

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“…That kind of suggestion was supposed to be said by the richer people or well-educated people, not me. (Pak Wagimin, Sedang) Social positions within current power structures influence coping processes, as they impact on abilities, chances to negotiate sociocultural norms, and issues of access to and control of resources (see Christensen and Larsen 2008).…”

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Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters

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“…Derimod anlaegges et intersektionalitets perspektiv (Christensen & Larsen 2008), der indebaerer, at vi fokuserer på, om en raekke underprivilegerede vilkår krydser eller overlapper hinanden. Er der en tendens til, at fx lav uddannelse, lav indkomst, dårligt helbred, dårlige sociale relationer og dårlige boligforhold krydser hinanden for det enkelte individ eller grupper af individer?…”

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Fattigdom, social eksklusion og boligforhold

Kristensen¹,

Larsen²

2007

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Formålet med artiklen er primært at belyse, hvordan boligforholdene for fattige og socialt ekskluderede i Danmark har udviklet sig i perioden fra 1976 til 2000. Artiklen viser, at boligforholdene udgør en helt afgørende markør på socioøkonomiske uligheder i det danske samfund. Dem, der er fattige, socialt ekskluderede og som har et dårligt helbred, har langt ringere boligforhold end andre, og der er en klar intersektionalitet mellem forskellige, sårbare socioøkonomiske positioner. Artiklen viser endvidere, at der er en klar skillelinje mellem ejere og lejere i forhold til disse sårbare socioøkonomiske positioner. Lejere har for det første ringere boligforhold end ejere, og for det andet er de økonomiske uligheder mellem ejere og lejere øget markant inden for de seneste år på grund af stigende uligheder i indkomster og formuer. Artiklen giver således som noget nyt i dansk socialforskning et samlet overblik over økonomiske, sociale og boligstandardmæssige uligheder mellem dels ejere og lejere og dels mellem fattige og socialt ekskluderede og resten af befolkningen. ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Jytte Kristensen & Jørgen Elm Larsen: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Housing Conditions The purpose of this article is to examine how housing conditions for poor and socially excluded people in Denmark have developed between 1976 and 2000. The article shows that housing conditions are a decisive marker of socio-economic inequalities in Danish society. People who are poor, socially excluded, and have poor health have poorer housing conditions than others. There is a clear intersectionality between the different vulnerable socio-economic positions. The analysis indicates that there is an unmistakable dividing line between owners and tenants as regards these vulnerable socio-economic positions. Firstly tenants have poorer housing conditions than owners, and secondly the economic inequalities between owners and tenants have increased in recent years primarily due to increasing inequalities in income and wealth. The article contributes to existing scientific knowledge about housing and inequality by drawing together both existing and new evidence about the economic, social and housing inequalities between owners and tenants and between poor and social excluded people and the rest of the population. Key words: Housing conditions, poverty, social exclusion, health conditions, inequality.

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Gender, Class, and Family: Men and Gender Equality in a Danish Context

Cited by 23 publications

References 33 publications

Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media

Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media

Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters

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