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Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska, foto.

Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska

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Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska, foto.

Civil society elites’ challengers in the UK: A frontlash/backlash perspective

Författare

  • Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska

Summary, in English

Amid growing polarisation in European societies, civil society elites, encompassing resource-rich, influential and often liberal-oriented civil society organisations (CSOs), are under increased attacks by conservative and progressive actors alike. This article aims to understand who challenges civil society elites, on what grounds, and with what means do they do so in the United Kingdom, by drawing on the cultural theory of frontlash/backlash. The article portrays two ideologically opposed challengers: one coming from within the charity sector in the form of the #CharitySoWhite campaign and another from outside the charity sector led by Conservative MPs, the Common Sense group. While these two challengers are not directly connected, they are part of the broader frontlash/backlash dynamic polarising public debates, with spillover effects in civil society. By applying a frontlash/backlash perspective, the article puts an emphasis on cultural cleavages as one of the central sources of polarisation in the civil space.

Avdelning/ar

  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

Publiceringsår

2022-12-05

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Status

Epub

Projekt

  • Civil society elites? Comparing elite composition, reproduction, integration and contestation in European civil societies

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1369-1481