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Gender and Convention Theory

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  • Léonie Bisang
  • Marlene Schuster
  • Guillemette de Larquier

    (CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEET - Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail - Cnam - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [Cnam] - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé)

Abstract

Economics and sociology of conventions (in short EC/SC), also known as convention theory, offers a theoretical framework centered on the concepts of orders of worth and justifications as introduced by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot. While EC/SC has been applied across various fields and empirical phenomena, it was rarely used to analyze gender until the early 2000s. This chapter introduces EC/SC as a valuable perspective for examining gender issues and outlines three manners of discussing gender within the framework: (1) Boltanski contributed early on to the analysis of gender-sensitive topics, even if his reflections on gender and gender inequalities have been criticized by feminists; (2) in the early 2000s, French scholars of EC/SC independently developed, as a first manner, gender and family conventions. The lines of inquiry were later pursued beyond France as well; and (3) in parallel to the theoretical developments, various scholars have applied EC/SC, mainly "orders of worth," to gender issues in the fields of education and training, labor and employment, entrepreneurship, family, sports, and public space.

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  • Léonie Bisang & Marlene Schuster & Guillemette de Larquier, 2025. "Gender and Convention Theory," Post-Print hal-05577719, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05577719
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52130-1_131-1
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