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Resistance Across the Globe

Developed by:
Karla J. Strand, DPhil, MLIS, UW System Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian
Stephanie Rytilahti, PhD, Director of the UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium
Rickie-Ann Legleitner, PhD, Interim Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence, UW-Stout
January 2024

This bibliography is number 105d in the series “Bibliographies in Gender and Women’s Studies,” published by the University of Wisconsin System Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian.

Introduction

In the last half-century, feminism and multiculturalism have entered both curriculum and the law to transform how historically oppressive institutions can empower those who are most at the margins. As gender studies and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have been established, and as civil rights have been codified into law, far-right ideologies have grown in response. In response, attempts have been made to abolish and criminalize gender studies and DEI programs; change queer and trans people’s rights to marriage, adoption, healthcare, and IDs; attack legal protections for abortion and contraception; erase Indigenous people’s rights to land and reproductive rights, and otherwise corrode the rights and protections of marginalized groups. Both in the United States and abroad, these protections are under attack. Here we investigate the ways that feminism and multiculturalism are being threatened by far-right movements across the globe, as well as how this oppression is being counteracted on an institutional and grassroots level.

How to use this bibliography

Begin with introductory information below or click on any of the links in the menu at right. When appropriate, resources have been included under more than one heading. For instance, a resource may be included in Women’s and Gender Studies as well as the heading for the particular state or country that it refers to.

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  • Baldwin, D.L. (2021). In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities. Bold Type Books. 
  • Bhambra, G.K., Nişancıoğlu, K., & Gebrial, D. (Eds.). (2018). Decolonizing the university. Pluto Press. 
  • Bunch, W. (2022). After the ivory tower falls: How college broke the American dream and blew up our politics – and how to fix it. William Morrow. 
  • Cole, E.R. (2020). The campus color line: College presidents and the struggle for Black freedom. Princeton University Press. 
  • Harris, A. (2021). The state must provide: Why America’s colleges have always been unequal – and how to set them right. Ecco. 
  • MacLean, N. (2018). Democracy in chains: The deep history of the radical right’s stealth plan for America. Penguin Books. 
  • Marcus, J. (2020, May 27). Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines. The Hechinger Report. https://hechingerreport.org/enrollment-and-financial-crises-threaten-growing-list-of-academic-disciplines/ 
  • Mayer, J. (2017). Dark money: The hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right. Anchor. 
  • Musto, R.G. (2022). The attack on higher education: The dissolution of the American university. [new ed.]. Cambridge University Press.
  • Patel, L. (2021). No study without struggle: Confronting settler colonialism in higher education. Beacon Press. 
  • Paternotte, D., & Kuhar, R. (2018). Anti-gender campaigns in Europe: Mobilizing against equality. Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Schultz, D.L. et al. (1993). To reclaim a legacy of diversity: Analyzing the “political correctness” debates in higher education. National Council for Research on Women. ED364170. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED364170  
  • Stein, S. (2022). Unsettling the university: Confronting the colonial foundations of US higher education. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Shelton, Jon. (2023). The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy.  Cornell University Press. 
  • Táíwò, O.O. (2022). Elite capture: How the powerful took over identity politics (and everything else). Haymarket Books.  
  • Tuck, E., & Yang, W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education, and Society 1(1), 1–40.
  • Wilson, J.K. (1995). The myth of political correctness: The conservative attack on higher education. Duke University Press Books.