We are delighted to announce that the volume Women on the Right. Politics and Social Action in Comparative and Transnational Perspective, 1870s-1990s edited by Clarisse Berthezène, Laura Lee Downs and Julie V. Gottlieb has recently been published by Bloomsbury.

Women on the Right explores the complex relationships between conservative and right-wing politics, social action, and women actors from the late 19th to the late 20th century. […] each essay examines the spectrum of women’s engagement with right-wing politics, from centrist and ‘progressive conservatism’ groups, to authoritarianism and fascism. […] This book uses local and national case studies to explore a wide range of women’s social and political mobilizations. Using a bottom-up perspective, it stays focused on the ideas, ambitions, and practices of the actors themselves. Key points of comparison include: the very different roles played by religious institutions and associations, the broader regional and national contexts, and the dynamics that favour – or not – the eventual construction of welfare states. 

The book includes chapters by Camille Cleret (1); Immaculada Blasco Herranz (2); Dominika Gruziel (3); Irene Bandhauer-Schöffmann (4); Anne Cova (5); Judith Szapor (6); Laura Lee Downs (7); Anca Diana Axinia (8); Julie V. Gottlieb (9); Ángela Cenarro (10); Clarisse Berthezène (11);  Zeynep Bursa-Millet (12); Helena Tolvhed (13); Lauren Stokes (14) and concluding remarks by Krista Cowman.