Access to Power
Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites
1st Edition
Published on 14. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-1-138-38959-5 (ISBN)
Description
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 - Britain, France, West Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Poland, and Yugoslavia - as well as in international organizations.
This book was an outgrowth of a conference on 'Women in decision-making elites in cross-national perspective,' held at King's College, Cambridge University, in July 1976. The countries represented were chosen because, although they were at similar stages of economic development, they exhibited differences in political structure, ideology, and tradition.
This book was an outgrowth of a conference on 'Women in decision-making elites in cross-national perspective,' held at King's College, Cambridge University, in July 1976. The countries represented were chosen because, although they were at similar stages of economic development, they exhibited differences in political structure, ideology, and tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-38959-5 (9781138389595)
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Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs; Coser, Rose Laub
Content
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