IPY: Women Candidates in Regional Russia: Religion and Culture as Barriers to Women's Participation

IPY：俄罗斯地区的女性候选人：宗教和文化是女性参与的障碍

• 批准号: 0756122
• 负责人: Richard Matland
• 金额: $ 37.5万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0756122&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IPY; Women; Candidates; Regional; Russia

This research examines the role of cultural and institutional barriers to the advancement of women in the political arena. The project aims to investigate whether discrimination against women in voters' evaluation of candidates and evaluations of office holders engaged in decision making helps to explain the decrease in the number of female office holders in Russia. To study the impact of cultural attitudes on voters' evaluations, the investigators designed a series of experiments where respondents are exposed to either a candidate's policy positions via speeches or a decision made by a local mayor. These elements are kept constant, but the sex of the candidate or mayor is varied to see if voters evaluate male and female candidates and office holders differently. The Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Buryatia, Tatarstan, and Murmanskaya oblast are the sites for this study. This choice allows the research team to test for regional differences between the circumpolar and southern regions in the evaluation of women as candidates. In addition, these cases allow for variation in terms of the dominant religion among the local population.This project promises to shed light on the role of cultural attitudes of voters on political participation of female candidates and their chances to win electoral seats. The results will provide new insights into how voter perceptions and attitudes are influenced by region, religious culture, and candidate characteristics. The Russian regions present a particularly interesting place in which to study these relationships.

这项研究审查了文化和体制障碍对提高妇女在政治竞技场中的地位所起的作用。 该项目旨在调查选民对候选人的评价和对参与决策的官员的评价中对妇女的歧视是否有助于解释俄罗斯女性官员人数减少的原因。为了研究文化态度对选民评价的影响，调查人员设计了一系列实验，让受访者通过演讲或当地市长的决定了解候选人的政策立场。 这些因素保持不变，但候选人或市长的性别是不同的，以了解选民对男女候选人和公职人员的评价是否不同。 萨哈共和国（雅库特）、布里亚特、鞑靼斯坦和摩尔曼斯克州是本研究的地点。 这一选择使研究小组能够测试环极地区和南部地区在评价妇女候选人方面的区域差异。 此外，这些案例还考虑到当地人口中主要宗教的差异，该项目有望揭示选民的文化态度对女性候选人的政治参与及其赢得选举席位的机会的作用。这些结果将为选民的看法和态度如何受到地区，宗教文化和候选人特征的影响提供新的见解。 俄罗斯地区是研究这些关系的一个特别有趣的地方。