Gendered Shades of Right? Gender+ Equality Issues in the Economic Right EP2024 Political Agenda
摘要
Are gender+ issues salient in the economic right Euromanifestos in the 2024 elections? Is there an opposition to gender+ issues? How do parties frame these issues? We systematically code the manifestos of ALDE, ECR, and the EPP from the 2024 elections, mapping issue saliency and frames parties use when they talk about gender+ and anti-gender issues. Findings show different shades of right on gender+ equality and limited anti-gender stances, with support to LGBTQI issues and controversial topics such as the Istanbul Convention extending to the EPP. The study contributes to our knowledge of the saliency, framing, and ownership of gender+ issues in party manifestos at the European level, which remain understudied in the literature.