Gender Ideologies and Polish Political Parties

Abstract This article explores the gender dimension of ideology and representation by analysing political parties that ran in 2019 Polish parliamentary elections, using a novel analytical framework based on claims gender-related policy pledges. demonstrates left liberal largely determines feminist pro-LGBTQ+ promissory representation. However, ideologies right-wing vary their traditional types can include populist element. contributes to comparative politics scholarship examining Central Eastern European context, where one hand, populism anti-gender campaigns have taken hold, and, other, progressive movements challenged traditionalism illiberalism. also differentiates scholarly meaning from its meaning.