Alonso Álvarez, AlbaEspinosa-Fajardo, Julia2022-04-042022-04-042021Alonso, A., Espinosa-Fajardo, J. (2021). Blitzkrieg Against Democracy: Gender Equality and the Rise of the Populist Radical Right in Spain, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 28, Issue 3, Fall 2021, p. 656–6811072-47451468-2893http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27896Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) are generally considered detrimental to democracy. Research on their damaging potential tends to focus on their influence in triggering policy backsliding but leaves the promotion of gender equality out of the equation. This study explores the case of Vox in Andalusia, a southern region of Spain, to show how PRRPs also contribute to de-democratization through their capacity to erode the equality framework. We demonstrate how they can effectively dismantle and reframe crucial policies, even when not in office. This opens new analytical pathways for studying the role of PRRPs in undermining democratic systems.eng# The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits noncommercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.comhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/journal article10.1093/sp/jxab026open access