A Crisis of Masculinity: The Rise of the AfD and the East German Man

Author

Chandler MolpusFollow

Date of Award

Spring 4-24-2020

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Croft Institute for International Studies

First Advisor

Joshua First

Second Advisor

Gang Guo

Third Advisor

Alice Cooper

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

In this thesis, I examine how a crisis of masculinity in the former German Democratic Republic has contributed to the rise of the far-right party, Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD). In the first chapter, I argue that east German men feel left- behind politically, economically, and demographically. In the second chapter, I compare results from the 2017 Federal Bundestag election to demonstrate that east German men are more likely to vote for the AfD than any other demographic group in Germany.

Recommended Citation

Molpus, Chandler, "A Crisis of Masculinity: The Rise of the AfD and the East German Man" (2020). Honors Theses. 1373.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1373

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