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  • 1.
    Cullen, Pauline
    et al.
    Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Challenging abortion stigma: framing abortion in Ireland and Poland2019In: Sexual and reproductive health matters, E-ISSN 2641-0397, Vol. 27, no 3, article id 1686197Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Abortion stigma, while observable as a global phenomenon, is constructed locally through various pathways and institutions, and at the intersection of transnational and local discourses. Stigmatisation of abortion has been challenged in varied ways by pro-choice adherents. This article investigates strategies for identifying and opposing stigmatisation of abortion in Ireland and Poland, focusing on campaigns aimed in one context, at repealing a near total prohibition of abortion, and in another, on resisting further restrictions concerning reproductive rights. We examine how mobilisation on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in both contexts worked to address stigma and discrimination in SRH, drawing on the concept of framing and showing similarities between these two national contexts. Our analysis explains how the logic of inclusion and exclusion works in efforts at destigmatising abortion.

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  • 2.
    Fábián, Katalin
    et al.
    Lafayette College.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Gothenburg.
    Introduction: Rebellious Parents in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia2017In: Rebellious parents: parental movements in central-eastern Europe and Russia / [ed] Katalin Fábián and Elzbieta Korolczuk, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2017, p. 1-30Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter introduces the readers to the theme of a broad range of parental movements that have emerged in contemporary Central-Eastern Europe and Russia over the past two decades. Examples of such movements include social mobilizations of conservative parental groups against legal and discursive changes that would affect gender equality in Ukraine and Russia, Czech parents opposing mandatory vaccination of children, and fathers’ groups in Poland and the Czech Republic focusing on custody rights. Parental activism is increasingly visible and influential, but it has been the subject of relatively little research to date. The aim is to rectify this by analyzing representative cases of parental movements in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia, with the hope to enrich and explain the current interpretations of social activism and civil society in the postcommunist region, which is often associated with a low level of social engagement and weak civil society, and to offer new conceptualization of mothers’ and fathers’ activism that may be applicable in other geographical contexts. The introduction to the collection of essays aims to fill a gap in the scholarship on civil society and social movements that is both empirical and theoretical, presenting an entirely new set of observations on the developments in contemporary parental activism in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia and proposing new conceptualizations of civic activism and civil society.

  • 3.
    Fábián, Katalin
    et al.
    Lafayette College.
    Korolczuk, ElżbietaSödertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Gothenburg.
    Rebellious parents: parental movements in central-eastern Europe and Russia2017Collection (editor) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Parental movements are strengthening around the world and often spark tense personal and political debate. With an emphasis on Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, this collection analyzes formal organizations as well as informal networks and online platforms which mobilize parents to advocate for change on a grassroots level. In doing so, the work collected here explores the interactions between the politics, everyday life, and social activism of mothers and fathers. From fathers’ rights movements to natural childbirth to vaccination debates, these essays provide new insight into the identities and strategies applied by these movements as they confront local ideals of gender and family with global ideologies. “This is an excellent collection with conceptual and methodological unity and high quality contributions that are thoroughly researched.... The work makes a real contribution to the field (both theoretically and empirically), challenges stereotypes, and presents new areas of valuable research.” — Nanette Funk, coeditor of Gender Politics and Post-Communism: Reflections from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union “We see here evidence of engaged citizens, not directly challenging political leaders about broad economic or political policies, but seeking to change public atti¬tudes to vital issues facing people in their everyday lives as parents. ...This is very much a contribution to scholarship and knowledge. We just don’t know about this type of activism.” —David Ost, author of The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe

  • 4. Graff, Agnieszka
    et al.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Anti-gender campaigns as a reactionary response to neoliberalism2022In: The European Journal of Women's Studies, ISSN 1350-5068, E-ISSN 1461-7420, Vol. 29, no 1_suppl, p. 150S-157SArticle in journal (Refereed)
  • 5. Graff, Agnieszka
    et al.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Anti-gender politics in the populist moment2021Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This book charts the new phase of global struggles around gender equality and sexual democracy: the ultraconservative mobilization against "gender ideology" and feminist efforts to counteract it. It argues that anti-gender campaigns, which emerged around 2010 in Europe, are not a simple continuation of the anti-feminist backlash dating back to the 1970s, but part of a new political configuration. Opposition to "gender" has become a key element of the rise of right-wing populism, which successfully harnesses the anxiety, shame and anger caused by neoliberalism and threatens to destroy liberal democracy. Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment offers a novel conceptualization of the relationship between the ultraconservative anti-gender movement and right-wing populist parties, examining the opportunistic synergy between these actors. The authors map the anti-gender campaigns as a global movement, putting the Polish case in a comparative perspective. They show that the anti-gender rhetoric is best understood as a reactionary critique of neoliberalism as a socio-cultural formation. The book also studies the recent wave of feminist mass mobilizations, viewing the transnational revolt of women as a left populist movement. This is an important study for those doing research in politics, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies and sociology. It will also be useful for activists and policy makers.

  • 6.
    Graff, Agnieszka
    et al.
    University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Towards An Illiberal Future: Anti-Genderism and Anti-Globalization2017In: Global Dialogue, ISSN 2519-8688, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 27-30Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    Gender matters in global politics. After the US elections, we know this better than ever: the mass appeal of Trump’s blatant misogyny is just a part of the problem. Populism in the US and elsewhere feeds not only on economic instability and fear, but also on anxieties around gender relations, (homo)sexuality and reproduction. In country after country, critiques of what conservatives (especially Catholics) term “gender” or “genderism” – gender equality policies, sex education, LGBTQ and reproductive rights – have helped to mobilize men as well as women, paving the way for populist leaders. This article argues that while opposition to feminism and gender equality policies is not new, the current upsurge marks a departure from the previous neoconservative paradigm: social conservatism is now explicitly linked to hostility towards global capital.

  • 7.
    Gunnarsson Payne, Jenny
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. Warszawas universitet, Polen.
    Antigenuspolitik - från globala diskurser till lokala strategier2021In: Feministiska perspektiv på global politik / [ed] Emil Edenborg; Sofie Tornhill; Cecilia Åse, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2021, p. 195-208Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 8.
    Gunnarsson Payne, Jenny
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Reproducing Politics: The politicisation of patients' identities and assisted reproduction in Poland and Sweden2016In: Sociology of Health and Illness, ISSN 0141-9889, E-ISSN 1467-9566, Vol. 38, no 7, p. 1074-1091Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines how discourses on assisted reproductive technologies are locally appropriated, translated or contested in the specific cultural and political contexts of Poland and Sweden. The aim is to investigate how two national patients' organisations, namely the Polish association Nasz Bocian and the Swedish organisation Barnlängtan, articulate rights claims in the context of reproductive technologies. To this end, we investigate how these organisations utilise specific context-dependent and affectively laden political vocabularies in order to mobilise politically, and discuss how each of these two groups gives rise to a different set of politicised reproductive identities. In order to trace which political vocabularies the respective organisations utilise to mobilise their respective rights claims, we draw primarily on political discourse theory and concepts of political grammars and empty signifiers. Lastly, we discuss which political reproductive identities emerge as a result of these different versions of political mobilisation around assisted reproductive technologies.

  • 9.
    Gunnarsson Payne, Jenny
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Mezinska, Signe
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
    Surrogacy relationships: A critical interpretative review2020In: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, ISSN 0300-9734, E-ISSN 2000-1967, Vol. 125, no 2, p. 183-191Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Based on a critical interpretative review of existing qualitative research investigating accounts of ‘lived experience’ of surrogates and intended parents from a relational perspective, this article proposes a typology of surrogacy arrangements. The review is based on the analysis of 39 articles, which belong to a range of different disciplines (mostly sociology, social psychology, anthropology, ethnology, and gender studies). The number of interviews in each study range from as few as seven to over one hundred. Countries covered include Australia, Canada, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, and the USA. Most studies focus only on surrogacy practices in one country (although often with intended parents from other countries), and some include several countries (e.g. interviewees from several countries or fieldwork in different field-sites). The proposed typology goes beyond the division between altruistic versus commercial, and traditional versus gestational surrogacy, in order to inform further research and to contribute to bioethical and policy debates on surrogacy in a transnational context. Four types of relations are identifiable: open, restricted, structured, and enmeshed. The criteria which influence these relationships are: the frequency and character of contact pre- and post-birth; expectations of both parties; the type of exchange involved in surrogacy arrangements; and cultural, legal, and economic contexts. The theoretical contribution of the article is to further the development of a relational justice approach to surrogacy.

  • 10.
    Hryciuk, Renata E.
    et al.
    University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Korolczuk, Elzbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology. University of Warsaw, Poland.
    At the intersection of gender and class: social mobilization around mothers’ rights in Poland2013In: Beyond NGO‐ization?: The Development of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson and Steven Saxonberg, Farnham: Ashgate, 2013, p. 49-70Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 11.
    Hryciuk, Renata E.
    et al.
    University of Warsaw.
    Korolczuk, Elzbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Wstęp. Pożegnanie z Matką Polką?2012In: Pożegnanie z Matką-Polką?: Dyskursy, praktyki  i reprezentacje macierzyństwa we współczesnej Polsce / [ed] Renata E. Hryciuk & Elżbieta Korolczuk, Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2012, p. 8-20Chapter in book (Refereed)
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  • 12. Hryciuk, Renate E.
    et al.
    Korolczuk, ElzbietaSödertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Pożegnanie z Matką Polką?: Dyskursy, praktyki i reprezentacje macierzyństwa we współczesnej Polsce2012Collection (editor) (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The first decade of the 21th century has witnessed growing controversies over practices of mothering. On the one hand, the heated debates around abortion, infertility and IVF treatment have reflected the persistent patriarchal construction of motherhood and family well embedded within Polish political discourse. On the other hand, the efforts to counteract dominant discourses and discriminating policies (e.g. the emergence of grass-roots initiatives and organizations dealing with motherhood / parenthood such as Birth In a Dignified Way Foundation or MaMa Foundation) demonstrate growing female agency and consequently potential for social change.

    Significantly, these new trends and the effects of social transformation seem to be have limited influence on the academic discourse on motherhood. The concept of the Polish Mother which has been continuously used (and abused) in various cultural analyses of the Polish context, still awaits critical analysis. It serves both as a basis for the hegemonic narrative on motherhood in Poland, and as a role model for contemporary women. We believe that it needs to be deconstructed. Therefore, the aim of the book is to answer the following question: shall we say farewell to the Polish Mother?

    The edited volume is to present the critical analyses of “old” and “new” practices, discourses and representations of motherhood in the interdisciplinary perspective. The texts are based on the outcomes of original research projects conducted by leading Polish scholars, and personal experience of activists and women working in NGOs. Thus, it can be used in various contexts, e.g. in academic teaching, journalism, professional training and policy-making.

  • 13.
    Jacobsson, Kerstin
    et al.
    University of Gothenburg.
    Korolczuk, ElżbietaSödertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Warsaw.
    Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland2017Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 14.
    Jacobsson, Kerstin
    et al.
    University of Gothenburg.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Warsaw.
    Conclusion: Empirical and theoretical lessons from the volume2017In: Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk, New York: Berghahn Books, 2017, p. 314-324Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 15.
    Jacobsson, Kerstin
    et al.
    University of Gothenburg.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Warsaw.
    Introduction: Rethinking Polish Civil Society2017In: Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk, New York: Berghahn Books, 2017, p. 1-35Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The text argues that a re-assessment of the post-socialist civil societies in general and Polish civil society in particular is called for on both empirical and theoretical grounds. For the purpose of such re-thinking, the authors address critically the way in which civil society has been conceptualized in the post-socialist context, with special focus on Poland; and, secondly, discuss the limitations of the common indicators used to assess the strength and character of the civil societies in the region. It is argued that there are forms of collective action that have tended to escape observers’ lenses for theoretical, methodological as well as normative and ideological reasons. Consequently, the authors calls attention to the exclusionary practices entailed in the “making up” of civil societies in the region, revealing how the concept of civil society as commonly applied in political discourses as well as empirical research in fact excludes many forms of social activism.

  • 16.
    Jacobsson, Kerstin
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology. University of Gothenburg.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Mobilizing Grassroots in the City: Lessons for Civil Society Research in Central and Eastern Europe2020In: International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, ISSN 0891-4486, E-ISSN 1573-3416, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 125-142Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    What can we learn about civil society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia from studies on activism within the region’s urban spaces? In this article, we argue that studying urban activism in CEE offers useful insights for general theory building about the importance of uneventful protests, the formation of agency and the processes of becoming active in the public sphere (conceptualized here as “political becoming”), and the enabling role of informality in collective action in adverse contexts. By contributing to our understanding in this way, these insights help to advance relational and process-based conceptions of civil society.

  • 17.
    Korolczuk, Elzbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Gendered boundaries between the state, family and civil society: the case of Poland after 19892013In: The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and the State / [ed] J. Nautz, P. Ginsborg and T. Nijhuis, New York: Berghahn Books, 2013, p. 240-258Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article analyzes some aspects of the development of civil society networks in Poland since the collapse of socialism. I scrutinize the interplay between the concepts of family and the state policies in order to demonstrate how discourses on gender in Poland are mediated by the Catholic Church and its alliance with the state. Focusing on women’s participation in public life and women’s rights leads not only to an understanding of relations between the sexes, but to a deeper analysis of the relations between the state, civil society and family within a specific cultural context.

    The examples discussed in the text suggest that civil society networks may emerge in democratic countries, even if they are discouraged by state policies, and members of society can at times challenge the notions of gendered citizenship and make use of their ‘private’ identities in order to gain certain political goals. Nonetheless, these examples also reveal the limitations of such strategies. The imbalance of power between the state apparatus and civil society activists is enormous, and without stabile and substantial resources and built-in mechanisms of support, the struggles of the latter often turn out to be frustrating and not fully successful.

    Unfortunately, in the case of Poland the very roots of the newly established democratic order are patriarchal, and the sphere of formal politics is informed by the idea of a country as a nation rather than as a democratic society. The nation in turn is often imagined as a patriarchal family where ‘real’ women and men occupy their ‘natural’ places: women within the private sphere, bearing and rearing children, and men in the public sphere, protecting ‘womenandchildren’ and making all vital political decisions (Enloe 1991). As a result, instead of a classic triangle of the state, the market and civil society, Poles in general and Polish women in particular are trapped between the nation, the market and the church.

  • 18.
    Korolczuk, Elzbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Kłopot z NGOizacją: Debata na temat społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce / The Problem with NGO-ization. The Debate on Civil Society in Poland2011In: Polityka Społeczna, ISSN 0137-4729, Vol. 5-6, p. 37-43Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper is a contribution to the on-going discussion concerning factors determining civil society’s development in Poland. It examines contemporary debates on civil society as well as financial mechanisms designed to promote people’s civic engagement in Poland (the EU grants and so called ‘percentage law’ allowing  citizens to support an NGO of their choice with 1 percent of their taxes). Detailed analysis of these mechanisms demonstrates that they are advantageous to some types of non-governmental organizations only, and disadvantageous to others, marginalizing the majority of small and middle-size organizations as well as specific types of claims. As a result, these mechanisms weaken rather than strengthen the development of grassroots spontaneous mobilizations and initiatives.  

  • 19.
    Korolczuk, Elzbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Promoting civil society in contemporary Poland: Gendered results of institutional changes2014In: VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, ISSN 0957-8765, E-ISSN 1573-7888, Vol. 25, no 4, p. 949-967Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is a contribution to the ongoing discussion concerning factors determining the development of civil society in a post-state socialist context. It examines the financial mechanisms designed to promote civic engagement in Poland, including EU grants and the so-called ‘percentage law’ that allows citizens to support NGOs of their choice with 1 % of their taxes. A detailed analysis of these mechanisms demonstrates that they are advantageous for some types of non-governmental organizations and not for others. Instead of enhancing the situation of the whole sector, they tend to support NGOs that already have substantial resources and hold a strong position vis-à-vis the state. Moreover, organizations and groups fighting for issues considered to be controversial—such as women’s NGOs advocating for the right to abortion or criticizing authorities for their lack of concern when it comes to violence against women—have limited chances to gain financial support from both the state and those sources that are independent from the state. This shows how seemingly gender-neutral institutional arrangements may bring gendered results. The following analysis is based on available statistics (several reports provided by the Klon-Jawor Association, Social Diagnosis Reports from 2007 and 2011) and qualitative data (semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis of the Polish media).

  • 20.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Anti-Gender campaigns as a threat to liberal democracy2023In: Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates / [ed] Elisa Orofino, William Allchorn, London: Routledge, 2023, p. 347-359Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 21.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Assisted reproduction: Poland in a comparative perspective2021In: The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia / [ed] Katalin Fábián; Janet Elise Johnson; Mara Lazda, London: Routledge, 2021, p. 483-491Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter maps out the legislation, practices, and discourses on reproductive technologies in the postcommunist region, with a specific focus on Poland. The aim is to highlight both regional specificities and global tendencies, showing how the proliferation of biotechnologies may lead to a variety of policy outcomes, practices, and cultural discourses, embedded in ideals of reproduction, family, and political community. Today, reproductive technologies are practiced both within and across national borders, and the way in which they are imagined and regulated reflect the complex and multilayered character of these practices. In line with this trend, Poland and other postcommunist countries do not represent a uniform policy pattern and cannot be distinguished from western countries by a specific set of practices. Rather, they present an assemblage of national, regional, and global trends which give rise to contradictory effects in different contexts: whereas in Poland policies aimed at protecting the nation involve restricting access to assisted reproduction techniques, in Hungary and Bulgaria nationalistic discourses lead to the widening of access to reproductive technologies, albeit only for specific groups.

  • 22.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Bunt kobiet AD 2016: skąd się wziął i czego nas uczy?2016In: Przebudzona rewolucja: Prawa reprodukcyjne kobiet w Polsce. Raport 2016 / [ed] Agata Czarnacka, Warsaw: Fundacja im. Izabeli Jarugi-Nowackiej , 2016, p. 31-42Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [pl]

    Masowe protesty przeciwko projektowi całkowitego zakazu aborcji w 2016 okazały się sukcesem. Udało się nie tylko zmobilizować do działania setki tysięcy kobiet, ale też wymusić na rządzących zmianę decyzji. Projekt Ordo Iuris został odrzucony po pierwszym czytaniu w Sejmie i choć nie była to z pewnością ostatnia próba zaostrzenia prawa aborcyjnego w Polsce, udało się wygrać przynajmniej tę bitwę. Skala i zasięg protestów pokazują ogromny potencjał zaangażowania kobiet, które nie mieszkają w wielkich miastach i które nie uczestniczyły do tej pory w życiu politycznym, a przynajmniej nie tak aktywnie jak przy okazji Czarnych Protestów. Okazało się, że polskie społeczeństwo obywatelskie nie jest bynajmniej uśpione i apatyczne, ale aktywne i gotowe do wyjścia na ulice, gdy sytuacja tego wymaga. Ten rozdział stara się odpowiedzieć na pytania: dlaczego kobiety zmobilizowały się właśnie w tym momencie i jak to się stało, że w 2016 roku doszło do masowego buntu Polek.

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  • 23.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Challenging Civil Society Elites in Poland: The Dynamics and Strategies of Civil Society Actors2023In: East European Politics and Societies, ISSN 0888-3254, E-ISSN 1533-8371, Vol. 37, no 3, p. 880-902Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The shrinking of civil society-a problematic trend in a growing number of countries-often involves enacting legal measures to curtail the activity of civil society organizations and vilifying and/or harassing such organizations. Poland has been at the forefront of this trend since 2015. This article examines the mechanisms promoting elite replacement in Polish civil society, with a specific focus on the ways in which civil society actors have responded to these changes and the effectiveness of the state's efforts to establish new hierarchies of power. The article discusses the complex relation between research on civil society and elite theory, and examines the anti-elitist discourses concerning Polish civil society and the strategies employed by the state to gain more control over the third sector. Next, the analytical section focuses on the ways in which civil society actors respond to state-sponsored elite change and examines three types of relations between the state and NGOs in contemporary Poland: (1) resistance, (2) assimilation, and (3) opportunistic synergy. In closing, the article shows ways in which analyses of the transformation of civil society in Poland and other countries can be enriched by drawing on elite theory.

  • 24.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Ciało-w-ciało z matką: Matki i córki w obiektywie Zorka Project [recension av utställningen] Zorka Project "Matki", Galeria Luksfera, Warszawa, 23.09 - 23.10.20052005In: Obieg, no 10Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 25.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
    Counteracting Challenges to Gender Equality in the Era of Anti-Gender Campaigns: Competing Gender Knowledges and Affective Solidarity2020In: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, ISSN 1072-4745, E-ISSN 1468-2893, Vol. 27, no 4, p. 694-717Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article focuses on the epistemic strategies employed by ultraconservative movements to oppose women's reproductive rights and the ways in which the women's movement counteracts these efforts. The core argument is that nowadays the opponents of gender equality and sexual democracy are seeking not only political but also epistemic power, producing a new body of gender knowledge. A detailed analysis of the struggles around the 2016 Stop Abortion bill in Poland shows, however, that the women's movement can counteract these challenges by mobilizing not only medical and legal expertise, but also tacit knowledge and affects.

  • 26.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Explaining mass protests against abortion ban in Poland: the power of connective action2016In: Zoon Politikon, ISSN 2082-7806, no 7, p. 91-113Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines successful mass mobilization against the proposed total ban on abortion, focusing on the Black Protest initiated online in September 2016 and the All-Poland’s Women Strikes which took place on the 3rd and 24th of October 2016. The aim is to explain how the resistance towards the proposed bill emerged and developed over time, and to shed light on the factors behind its success. It is argued that the emergence of and mass participation in the protests resulted from a range of factors including the heightened political climate in Poland and normalization of street protests as a reaction to the closing of regular communication channels between citizens and authorities, as well as an emotional dynamic of mobilization and wide use of social media for sharing information, communication and networking. The success – the government’s decision to reject the project – can be explained as stemming from the mass scale of mobilization but also from favorable political opportunity structure and the lack of popular support for the proposed law. The analysis shows that the protests followed the logic of connective action based on the use of flexible, easily personalized action frames, which were well-embedded in cultural narratives referencing the history of resistance against an oppressive state. 

  • 27. Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Fiński eksport: szkoła helsińska w Kulturhuset [recension av utställningen] Personligt - Fotografier från The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 25.02-08.05.20052004In: Obieg, no 2Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 28.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    'Ginealogy': Towards the revival of feminine genealogies in the works of contemporary Polish artists2008In: Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, ISSN 1488-0989, Vol. 10, no 2Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Luce Irigaray argues, that in order to re-evaluate and revive the feminine in culture we need to turn our attention to relations between women, especially mothers and daughters, and revive “feminine genealogies from oblivion” (1995: 13). In the present text, I scrutinize the works of contemporary Polish artists: Monika Zielińska/Mamzeta and Katarzyna Górny demonstrating strategies they employ to retrace the voices of women and to re-interpret the figures of the mother and daughter. Their art can be viewed as an attempt to transgress the established gender order in a very Irigarayan sense: by bringing up the maternal, and by regaining female genealogies, or even creating “ginealogies” instead—the term referring to the work “Genealogy/ginealogy: The Scar After the Mother” by Monika Zielińska, who replaced the supposedly neutral prefix “gyne” with feminine “gine.” Through the representations of the maternal body: sensual and desiring, but also aging, sick, disabled or dying, entirely new understanding of female subjectivity can be acquired. Female corporeality, also the non-normative that typically exists on the margins of the patriarchal culture is finally placed in the centre. Artists, whose works I discuss struggle to find visual language(s) that would enable the expression of women’s experiences, in line with Irigaray’s idea of reviving women’s language(s) and representations along with enlivening their-story, making an important contribution to the attempts at recovering the female voice, which is still undervalued and forgotten in our culture(s)

  • 29.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    'It', or The Art of Verbal Detail in Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw’2005In: Versions of Modernist Fiction: Henry James and Vladimir Nabokov / [ed] I. Kranz, Berlin: Freie Universität , 2005, p. 36-40Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 30.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Kobiecość jako źródło cierpień: Matki i córki w polskim kinie2009In: Ciało i seksualność w kinie polskim / [ed] Stanislaw Jagielski & Agnieszka Morstin-Poplawska, Krakow: Wyd. UJ , 2009, p. 155-172Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 31.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. Warsaw Univeristy, Warsaw, Poland.
    Making babies and citizens: reproductive technologies adn citizenship in Poland2019In: Borderlands in European Gender Studies: Beyond the East–West Frontier / [ed] Teresa Kulawik, Zhanna Kravchenko, London: Routledge, 2019, p. 151-169Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 32.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Mass protests against abortion ban and the awakening of Polish civil society2017Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 33.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Naturalna więź?: Reprezentacje relacji matka-córki w tekstach polskiej kultury popularnej2009In: Kobiety-Feminizm-Demokracja / [ed] Boguslawa Budrowska, Warszawa: Wydawn. IFiS PAN , 2009, p. 43-69Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 34.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. The Institute for Advanced Study, Political Critique in Warsaw.
    Neoliberalism and feminist organizing: from “NGO-ization of resistance” to resistance against neoliberalism2016In: Solidarity in Struggle: Feminist Perspectives on Neoliberalism in East-Central Europe / [ed] Eszter Kováts (ed.), Budapest: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2016, p. 32-41Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article engages with feminists critiques of neoliberalism, specifically with the influential narrative about the NGO-ization of women’s movement and co-optation of feminism by neo-liberalism (Charkiewicz 2009, Fraser 2011, McRobbie 2009). It argues that while the vision of the feminist actors as “the handmaidens” of neoliberalism accurately captures some aspects of contemporary feminist organizing, it obfuscates others, especially new and original forms of resistance taking place beyond the perimeters of what is usually included in the “Western” context (Aslan and Gambetti 2011, Funk 2012). I discuss some examples of the struggles against neoliberal logic and practices in the Polish context, arguing that while there has been a strong trend towards professionalization and de-politicization of civic activism in the country, during the last decade we can observe a growing resistance against this tendency. The paper concludes with discussing various forms of anti-neoliberal women’s organizing highlighting the opportunities and risks involved in employing them in the context of the local and transnational struggles.

  • 35.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.
    Odzyskiwanie języka, czyli jak zmieniła się debata o aborcji wkontekście Czarnych Protestów2019In: Bunt kobiet: Czarne Protesty i Strajki Kobiet / [ed] Elżbieta Korolczuk; Beata Kowalska; Jennifer Ramme; Claudia Snochowska-Gonzalez, Gdansk: Europejskie Centrum Solidarności , 2019, p. 121-154Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 36. Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    One Woman Leads to Another: Female Identity in the Works of Margaret Atwood2004In: American Studies, ISSN 0209-1232, Vol. 21, p. 35-52Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 37.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Poland’s LGBT-free zones and global anti-gender campaigns2020In: ZOiS Spotlight, no 14Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 38.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Ruch feministyczny a kwestia socjalna: lekcje z przeszłości i wyzwania przyszłości2017In: Ruch feministyczny w Polsce a kwestia socjalna / [ed] Elżbieta Korolczuk; Julia Kubisa; Dorota Szelewa, Warszawa: Freidrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2017, p. 20-27Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 39.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Równość płci – ideologia, utopia czy rzeczywistość? 2010In: Szwecja: Przewodnik nieturystyczny, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej , 2010, p. 203-212Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 40.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
    The fight against ‘gender’ and ‘LGBT ideology': new developments in poland2020In: European Journal of Politics and Gender, ISSN 2515-1088, E-ISSN 2515-1096, Vol. 3, no 1, p. 165-167Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent developments show that Poland’s anti-gender campaigns, initiated around 2012 by the Polish Catholic Church and ultraconservative organisations, will continue into the next parliamentary term. While the right-wing populist Law and Justice party has made attacks on ‘gender ideology’ a key element of the critique of individualism and neoliberal globalisation, anti-gender rhetoric is also today being adopted by neo-fascists, who combine a desire to maintain a gender hierarchy and hatred towards ‘sexual degenerates’ with anti-European Union sentiments and Islamophobia.

  • 41.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland.
    ‘The purest citizens’ and ‘IVF children’: Reproductive citizenship in contemporary Poland2016In: Reproductive BioMedicine and Society Online, E-ISSN 2405-6618, Vol. 3, p. 126-133Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines the public debate on reproductive technologies in contemporary Poland, focusing on the rhetoricalstrategies used by the main opponents of IVF: conservative politicians representing the leading parties in the Polish parliament andthe representatives of the Catholic Church. The analysis highlights the exclusionary logic inscribed in the construction of the maincategories of political subjects in this debate, revealing important limitations of reproductive citizenship in the Polish context. Thestudy draws on a variety of texts published in print and electronic media between 2007 and 2015, including articles on infertility andreproductive technologies published in the main Polish daily and weekly print publications, online resources (web pages, forums andFacebook pages), documents issued by the representatives of the Church, politicians and experts, e.g. open letters, commentaries,information for the media and interviews.

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  • 42.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    The Social Construction of Motherhood and Daughterhood in Contemporary Poland: a trans-generational perspective2010In: Polish Sociological Review, ISSN 1231-1413, no 4, p. 467-485Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 43.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Warsaw.
    When Parents Become Activists: Exploring the Intersection of Civil Society and Family2017In: Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson & Elzbieta Korolczuk, New York: Berghahn Books, 2017, p. 129-152Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 44.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Z matki na córkę?: Ku międzygeneracyjnemu modelowi przemian kobiecej tożsamości we współczesnej Polsce2010In: Kobiety w polskiej transformacji 1989-2009: Podsumowania, interpretacje, prognozy / [ed] Monika Frąckowiak-Sochańska & Sabina Królikowska, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek , 2010Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 45.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Graff, Agnieszka
    Co się stało z naszym światem?: Populizm, gender i przyszłość demokracji2018In: Prognozowanie przyszłości: Myślenie z wnętrza kryzysu / [ed] Przemysław Czapliński & Joanna B. Bednarek, Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Katedra , 2018, p. 249-280Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [pl]

    W rozdziale próbujemy odpowiedzieć na pytania: Co się stało z naszym światem? Co zrobić, aby odzyskać przyszłość? Naszym zdaniem kluczowa jest szeroko rozumiana kwestia płci i opieki, czyli gender. Pokazujemy, że choć liberalny mainstream wie już, że o gender wypada co pewien czas wspomnieć, częściej też dopuszcza do głosu kobiety, ale chyba nie bardzo rozumie, dlaczego należy to robić. Gender to pewien nadmiar, dodatek do tego, co stanowić ma rdzeń opcji liberalnej – demokracji proceduralnej, trójpodziału władzy i wolnego rynku. Co więcej, feminizm na co dzień bywa niewygodny. Po pierwsze, komplikuje ulubioną kategorię liberałów jaką jest abstrakcyjnie pojmowana „jednostka”. Po drugie, utrudnia przyjazne relacje z Kościołem, uważane w naszej polityce za sine qua non wyborczego sukcesu. I wreszcie dlatego, że gdyby  potraktować żądania feministek poważnie, to część panów musiałaby się posunąć i na szpaltach gazet, i w ławach poselskich. Kobiety wciąż są na pozycji petentek i wciąż słyszą: tak, równość płci jest ważna, ale po pierwsze są sprawy pilniejsze, a po drugie – społeczeństwo polskie jest zbyt konserwatywne, trzeba z tym poczekać. Opozycja parlamentarna, zamiast budować spójną przeciwwagę dla prawicowej wizji świata, próbuje siedzieć okrakiem na genderowej barykadzie, Kościołowi oferując świeczkę a ruchowi kobiecemu ogarek. Nawet po Czarnych Protestach i Strajkach Kobiet – masowych mobilizacjach bez precedensu w ciągu ostatniej dekady – kwestie równościowe wciąż z trudem przebijają się do głównego nurtu publicznej debaty. W swojej analize wskazujemy, że brak namysłu nad gender wśród polskich obrońców demokracji może stać się gwoździem do ich trumny. Najwyższy czas, by obóz progresywny zrozumiał, że gender nie jest dodatkiem ale rdzeniem konfliktu, i to zarówno w kulturowym jak i ekonomicznym jego wymiarze.

     

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  • 46.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Graff, Agnieszka
    University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
    Gender as ‘Ebola from Brussels’: The Anti-colonial Frame and the Rise of Illiberal Populism2018In: Signs (Chicago, Ill.), ISSN 0097-9740, E-ISSN 1545-6943, Vol. 43, no 3, p. 797-821Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines the recent wave of grassroots mobilizations opposing gender equality, LGBT rights and sex education, which vilify the term gender in public debates and policy document. The anti-gender movement emerged simultaneously in various locations after 2010. We argue that it is not just another wave of anti-feminist backlash, or a new tactic of the Vatican in its ongoing efforts to undermine gender equality, but a new ideological and political configuration, which emerged in response to global economic crisis of 2008 and the ongoing crisis of liberal democracy. The backlash of the 80s and 90s combined neo-conservatism with market fundamentalism (which is to some extent still the case with neoconservative Christian fundamentalists in the US and elsewhere), while the new movement – though in many ways a continuation of earlier trends – tends to combine  gender conservatism with a critique of neoliberalism and globalization. Liberal elites are presented as “colonizers”; “genderism” is demonized as an ideology imposed by the world’s rich on the poor. Thanks to the anti-colonial frame, anti-genderism has remarkable ideological coherence and great mobilizing power: right-wing populists have captured the imagination and hearts of large portions of local populations more effectively than progressive movements have managed to do. The article examines the basic tenets of anti-genderism, shedding light on how this ideological construct contributes to the contemporary transnational resurgence of illiberal populism. We argue that today’s global right, while selectively borrowing from liberal-left and feminist discourses, is in fact constructing a new universalism, an illiberal one. While the examples discussed are mostly from Poland, the pattern is transnational, and our conclusions may have serious implications for feminist theory and activism.  

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  • 47.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Graff, Agnieszka
    “Worse than communism and nazism put together”: War on Gender in Poland2017In: Anti-gender Campaigns in Europe: mobilizing against equality / [ed] Kuhar, R & D. Paternotte, London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017, p. 175-194Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter examines the mobilization against “gender” which has spread across Poland since 2012, pointing to both local specificities and links to the transnational context. As we will show in the present analysis, while Polish anti-genderism is part of a boarder transnational trend (a fact long invisible to most of Poland’s liberal defenders of gender), some aspects of this phenomenon are indeed locally embedded. The campaign has consisted of many initiatives undertaken by the Catholic Church and conservative groups to fight gender equality education and legislation, sexual and reproductive rights, as well as the very use of the term “gender” in policy documents and public discourse. Polish anti-gender campaigners claim that their aim is to protect the Polish family (especially children) against feminists and the “homosexual lobby”; to defend authentic Polish cultural values (which are equated with Catholic values) against the foreign influence of the corrupt West and liberal European Union. Targets include sexual education, ratification of the Istanbul Convention and gender equality policies more broadly.

    In our view, the current wave of anti-gender mobilization in Poland is not business as usual or another wave of conservative backlash, but a new ideological and political configuration, which successfully combines the local and the transnational, making possible a politically effective mass movement. We argue that the success of anti-gender mobilization can be explained by its leaders’ skillful references to ordinary people’s dignity and their identity as an oppressed majority. Anti-genderism consistently presents itself as an effort to defend authentic indigenous values against foreign forces and corrupt elites – a discourse which we interpret as a variant of right-wing appropriation of the anti-colonial frame. What may be construed as an Eastern European peculiarity is that in the region gender tends to be discredited as totalitarian ideology as exemplified by the following statement made in 2013 by Polish Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek: “Gender ideology is worse than communism and Nazism put together”. While the contested policies are coming from the West and are presented as Western impositions, genderism itself is seen as a vast project of social engineering rooted in Marxism and comparable to Stalinism. This tension or ambivalence persists in many of the documents and statements examined here: genderism is demonized as a cultural imposition a foreign body that is Western and Eastern at the same time.

  • 48.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
    Gunnarsson Payne, Jenny
    Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Anti-genuskampanjer: Globalt hot mot vetenskap och demokrati2018In: Feministiskt perspektiv, ISSN 2002-1542, no 24 januariArticle in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 49.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. University of Gothenburg.
    Hryciuk, Renata
    In the Name of the Family and Nation: Framing Fathers’ Activism in Poland2017In: Rebellious parents: parental movements in central-eastern Europe and Russia / [ed] Katalin Fábián and Elzbieta Korolczuk, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2017, p. 113-144Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter examines fathers’ activism in contemporary Poland, focusing on the ways in which activists frame the problem, their claims and expected outcomes, and on the specificity of the fathers’ activism in a post-socialist context in comparison to other cultural and political environments. The authors apply analytical tools of social movement theory, specifically the notion of framing, which is defined as a process of interpretation and meaning production in a given political, cultural and social context. Three main frames that the Polish activists have employed are distinguished: 1) “misogynist” frame which highlights fathers’ rights as men rights, 2) “state violence” frame which focus on fathers rights as citizens, and 3) “equality” frame which stresses fathers’ engagement as part of a gender equality agenda. Each of these types of self-representation and arguments combines to a different degree transnational and local discourses on fathering, masculinity, and the family, which reflects the hybrid nature of contemporary discourses and ideals of fathering. The empirical illustration of the analysis is derived from a case-study of fathers' activism in Poland between 2012 and 2014.

  • 50.
    Korolczuk, Elżbieta
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.
    Hryciuk, Renata E.
    University of Warsaw.
    Poland2010In: Encyclopedia of Motherhood / [ed] Andrea O'Reilly, Sage Publications, 2010, p. vol. 3-Chapter in book (Other academic)
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