This book addresses the central question of how right-wing women
navigate the cross-pressures between gender identity and political
ideology. The hope has always been that more women in politics
would lead to greater inclusion of women's voices and interests in
decision-making and policy. Yet this is not always the case; some
prominent conservative women such as Margaret Thatcher have
rejected the feminist label while others such as Angela Merkel have
reluctantly accepted it. Republican women in the U.S. Congress have
embraced social and economic policies contrary to what many
consider to be women's issues while EU Commission president Ursula
von der Leyen is a staunch supporter of feminist ideas. Other
conservative women, such as Marine LePen in France strategically
use feminist ideas to justify their conservative stances on
immigration. This brings up an interesting yet understudied
question: under what circumstances do conservative women become
feminist allies and when do they toe the party line? It is this
tension between women's political representation and conservatism
that this edited volume explores. The chapters in this book, except
for Chapter 3, were originally published as a special issue of
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.
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