This book explores how feminist movements in the Nordic region challenge the increasing gender, race and class inequalities following the global economic crisis, neoliberal capitalism and austerity politics, and how they position themselves in the face of the rise of nationalism and right-wing populism. The book contextualizes these recent events in the long histories of racial and colonial power relations embedded in Nordic societies and their gender equality and welfare state regimes. It examines the role of whiteness and racism and seeks to decolonize feminist knowledge and genealogies of feminist movements in the region. The contributions provide in-depth knowledge on the different orientations, dilemmas and tactics that feminisms develop in these challenging times and show the centrality of antiracist and decolonizing critiques of feminisms. They further highlight the strategies of feminist and related antiracist and indigenous movements in regards to ideas about hope, solidarity,intersectionality, and social justice.Chapters 6, 7, 9 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Includes three Open Access chapters accessible on Springer Link here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-53464-6

1. Contextualising Feminisms in the Nordic Region: Neoliberalism, Nationalism and Decolonial Critique (Pauline Stoltz, Diana Mulinari and Suvi Keskinen).- 2. Co-Optation and Feminisms in the Nordic Region: 'Gender-Friendly' Welfare States, 'Nordic Exceptionalism' and Intersectionality (Pauline Stoltz).- Part I Feminist struggles over gender equality, welfare and solidarity.- 3. Gender, Citizenship and Intersectionality: Contending with Nationalisms in the Nordic Region (Birte Siim).- 4. Changing Feminist Politics in a 'Strategic State' (Anna Elomäki, Johanna Kantola, Anu Koivunen and Hanna Ylöstalo).- 5. 'Danishness', Repressive Immigration Policies and Exclusionary Framings of Gender Equality (Christel Stormhøj).- Part II Decolonising feminisms in the Nordic region.- 6. Nordic Academic Feminism and Whiteness as an Epistemic Habit (Ulrika Dahl).- 7. Indigenising Nordic Feminism: A Sámi Decolonial Critique (Astri Dankertsen).- 8. Samieh Women at the Threshold of Disappearance: Elsa Laula Renberg (1877-1931) and Karin Stenberg's (1884-1969) Challenges to Nordic Feminism (Stine H. Bang Svendsen).- Part III Antiracism and speaking the truth to power.- 9. "And They Cannot Teach Us How to Cycle". The Category of Migrant Women and Antiracist Feminism in Sweden (Diana Mulinari).- 10. Antiracist Feminism and the Politics of Solidarity in Neoliberal Times (Suvi Keskinen).- 11. Rethinking Design: A Dialogue on Anti-racism and Art Activism from a Decolonial Perspective (Faith Mkwesha and Sasha Huber).- 12. Epilogue: We should all be dreaming vol. 3 (Maryan Abdulkarim and Sonya Lindfors).