Following the successful conference in Nuremberg/Germany in September 2012 we invite applications to contribute to the planned volume: Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe. The book aims to bring together scientists of all career stages and/or critical activists, journalists and authors from different European countries who did research on aspects of the named topic. Submissions could refer to the following aspects (all or parts or additional ones):

A. Women/men within the far right
- quantitative shares of women/men at diverse dimensions of far right activities (hate crimes, elections etc.)
- preferred issues and ways of activity
- women’s organisations
- social networking
- social resources and backgrounds
- international connections
- effects of women’s presence in the far right (within the scene)

B. Gender specific attempts to infiltrate civil society
- improving public image of the far right
- community activism
- educational system and social work
- using of social media and virtual media
- (anti-)feminism as a strategy
- relation to homosexuality / LGBT-communities

C. Ideology
- narrative strategies
- dealing with the past
- gender ideologies
- role of intellectuals and churches

D. Motivations
- findings on reasons and ways to become a member of the far right
- criticism of traditional explanatory of political science

E. Countermeasures and preventive measures
- sensitivity for gender perspectives on the far right at diverse actors (police, courts, media, social work, school, …)
- Interventions and Alienations

F. Researching in the field of gender and right wing extremism
- approaching and entering the field of research
- field-experiences
- getting out of the field of research

We like to encourage especially submissions with comparative perspectives on two or more countries, but also submissions which cover the situation in just one country. Preference will be given proposals covering Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK, Czech Republic, and Croatia.Interested persons should submit a short CV and a half- to one-page description of their proposed chapter. These should be sent to farrightgender@ceu.hu by 30th of November 2012. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 1st of January 2013 and the papers 6-8000 words should be submitted by 1st of March 2013.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Petö, Central European University Budapest (Hungary), Prof. Dr. Michaela Köttig, University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt a.M. (Germany), Prof. Dr. Renate Bitzan, Georg-Simon-Ohm-University of Appl. Sciences Nürnberg (Germany)