The Gender Gap in Civil State Decorations: A Comparative Study of the Baltic States, 1994–2020

IF 3.1 2区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politics & Gender Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI:10.1017/s1743923x23000636

Philipp Köker, Nele Weiher, Anja Schollmeyer

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Abstract

Systems of state decorations have often been overlooked by political scientists. However, they are highly indicative of dominant social norms and power differentials. While historical research has highlighted gender disparities in award bestowals in individual countries, comparative perspectives and cross-national analyses are still missing. This article provides the most comprehensive comparative analysis of the gender gap in state decorations. Using an original data set of all 11,559 recipients of civil awards in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from 1994 to 2020, it shows that women received significantly fewer awards than men across the three countries, with only moderate progress over time. Even where women and men were recognized in equal numbers, women remained underrepresented among higher classes of awards and were more likely to be recognized for achievements in stereotypically feminine fields. Our findings contribute to research on gendered institutions and highlight the usefulness of award bestowals as an indicator of sociopolitical phenomena.

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民间国家装饰的性别差异:波罗的海国家1994-2020年的比较研究

国家勋章制度常常被政治学家所忽视。然而，它们高度表明了占主导地位的社会规范和权力差异。虽然历史研究强调了个别国家在奖项授予方面的性别差异，但比较视角和跨国分析仍然缺失。本文对国家装饰的性别差异进行了最全面的比较分析。利用爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛从1994年到2020年所有11559名公民奖获得者的原始数据集，研究表明，在这三个国家中，女性获得的奖励明显少于男性，而且随着时间的推移，这种情况只出现了适度的进展。即使在女性和男性获得同等认可的情况下，女性在更高级别奖项中的代表性仍然不足，而且更有可能在传统的女性领域获得认可。我们的发现有助于对性别制度的研究，并强调了奖项授予作为社会政治现象指标的有用性。

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Politics & Gender Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Politics & Gender is an agenda-setting journal that publishes the highest quality scholarship on gender and politics and on women and politics. It aims to represent the full range of questions, issues, and approaches on gender and women across the major subfields of political science, including comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and U.S. politics. The Editor welcomes studies that address fundamental questions in politics and political science from the perspective of gender difference, as well as those that interrogate and challenge standard analytical categories and conventional methodologies.Members of the Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association receive the journal as a benefit of membership.