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Populist parties have become a prominent and permanent feature of contemporary politics. Although populism is not a new phenomenon, it has been on the rise across the globe in recent years. Contemporary manifestations of populism include the late Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, and the Tea Party in the United States. In Europe, particularly populist radical-right (PRR) parties began to appear in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, becoming arguably the most successful ‘new’political party family in decades.

There is no shortage of scholarship on the PRR. The focus is generally on defining it, 1 on why PRR parties are successful, 2 and on their influence on governments, party systems and public policy. 3 Despite this abundant literature, research rarely focuses on the relationship between gender and the populist radical right. To be sure, there are a few important studies on the topic. The …