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Gendering Elites

Economic and Political Leadership in 27 Industrialized Societies

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Mino Vianello

    1. Faculty of Statistics, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy

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  2. Gwen Moore

    1. Department of Sociology, State University of New York, Albany, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Political Science (ADPOSC)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Theoretical Framework

      • Eileen Drew, Gwen Moore, Renata Siemienska, Mino Vianello
      Pages 3-10

    3. Methodology

      • Silvia Sansonetti, Dawn Lyon, Gwen Moore, Jenny Neale, Michal Palgi
      Pages 11-15

  3. Substantive Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-20
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    2. Pathways to Power

      1. Gender, Class and Public Power
        • Joanna Liddle, Elisabeth Michielsens
        Pages 21-34
      2. The Élites’ Cultural Capital
        • María Antonia García de León, María José Alonso Sánchez, Helena Rodriguez Navarro
        Pages 35-49
      3. Career Trajectories: Convergence or Divergence?
        • Eileen Drew
        Pages 50-65
      4. Men and Women in Political Leadership
        • Maria Carrilho
        Pages 66-76

    3. Power: Strategies, Contexts and Uses

      1. Top People and Mentors
        • Michal Palgi
        Pages 79-90
      2. Gendered Time and Women’s Access to Power
        • Alison Woodward, Dawn Lyon
        Pages 91-103
      3. Life Choices and Leaders’ Informal Networks
        • Jeannette Bakker
        Pages 104-119
      4. Interpersonal Contacts
        • Gwen Moore, Deborah White
        Pages 120-130
      5. Organisational Structure and Gender
        • Bogdan Kavčič, Marjana Merkač
        Pages 131-140
      6. The Exercise of Power
        • Mino Vianello
        Pages 141-154

    4. Hindrance or Asset? Combining Everyday Life and Élite Careers

      1. Family Characteristics
        • Jenny Neale
        Pages 157-168
      2. Traditional or New Ways of Living
        • Gertraud Diem-Wille, Judith Ziegler
        Pages 169-176
      3. Life and Career in North and South Europe
        • Jaana Kuusipalo, Kaisa Kauppinen, Iira Nuutinen
        Pages 177-188
      4. Career Life-forms
        • Johanna Esseveld, Gunnar Andersson
        Pages 189-203

    5. The Cultural Dimensions of Gender (In)equality in Élites

      1. Hierarchies, Attitudes and Gender
        • Litsa Nicolaou-Smokoviti, Burt Baldwin
        Pages 207-219
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This study is aimed at identifying the mechanisms through which women can reach positions of power in public life. The study highlights the processes which may contribute new impulse to the vitality of the industrialized countries, introducing models characterized by flexibility and creativity both in enterprises and politics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Statistics, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy

    Mino Vianello

  • Department of Sociology, State University of New York, Albany, USA

    Gwen Moore

About the editors

Mino Vianello is Professor in the Faculty of Statistics at the University of Rome.

Gwen Moore is Associate Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany.

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