Access to Power (eBook, PDF)

Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites
Redaktion: Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs; Coser, Rose Laub

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1981, this book is composed of papers that describe and analyse women's careers in government, business, and the professions. It examines women's access to and participation in elite careers in the US, and in selected countries of western and eastern Europe, as well as in international organizations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429753138
• Artikelnr.: 54817447

Autorenporträt

Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs; Coser, Rose Laub

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction 1. Women and Elites: A Cross National Perspective 2.
Where Have All the Women Gone? Like the Sediment of a Good Wine, They Have
Sunk to the Bottom Part 1: Political Elites: Participation and Behaviour
3. Women in Politics: A Study of Political Leadership in the United
Kingdom, France and the Federal Republic of Germany 4. Women in the
Economic, Political and Cultural Elites in Finland 5. Progress for Women:
Increased Female Representation in Political Elites in Norway 6. Women in
Decision-Making Elites: The Case of Poland 7. Women and Political Power in
a Revolutionary Society: The Yugoslav Case 8. Women and Power: The Roles of
Women in Politics in the United States 9. Women in Public Life in Austria
10. Political Attitudes of Women in High Status Occupations in West Germany
11. Women in International Organizations: Room at the Top: The Situation in
Some United Nations Organizations Part 2: Women and Economic Elites:
Business and the Professions 12. Women, Business Schools and the Social
Reproduction of Business Elites: Britain and France 13. Women Managers:
Career Patterns and Changes in the United States 14. Women in Management in
West Germany 15. Public Bureaucracy and Private Enterprise in the USA and
France: Contexts for the Attainment of Executive Positions by Women 16.
Women and Occupational Elites: The Case of Newspaper Journalism in England.
Biographical Notes on the Contributors. Index