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The Difference "Difference" Makes: Women and Leadership
by Deborah L. Rhode

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Publisher Comments:

Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions—and what can be done to improve the situation? This unique collection takes up these questions in the crucial practical concepts of law, politics, and business—the arenas in which women’s leadership has the most public influence. Bridging the worlds of theory and practice, the essays in this collection bring new insights to long-standing questions about the difference gender difference makes, both in access to leadership and in its exercise.

The contributors to this collection represent some of the nation’s most distinguished women leaders and most respected scholars on women and leadership, and reflect a distinctive array of perspectives and backgrounds. Among others, they include former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder; former NOW president Patricia Ireland; the Right Honorable Kim Campbell, former prime minister of Canada; and Judith Resnik, the Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Written in accessible, lively prose, and informed by a wealth of scholarship and personal experience, this collection should appeal to a broad audience.

Book News Annotation:

Deborah Rhode, chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, organized a summit on women's leadership (the year is not indicated) from which the short essays of this volume form a kind of proceedings. Following an initial lengthy essay on the main topic by Rhode (Stanford Law School), the remaining 19 essays document the contributors' experiences as women in the law profession. The book is distributed by Stanford U. Press. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions in law, politics, and business--and what can be done to improve the situation? These are the questions this provocative book meets head-on.

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
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About the Author

Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School.
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Table of Contents

  1. You've come a long way baby, and you've got miles to go /Barbara Kellerman
  2. What's the difference? A comment on Deborah Rhode's "The difference 'difference' makes" /Barbara Reskin
  3. Aquestion about women and the leadership option /Ruth B. Mandel
  4. Can they do it? Can law firms, corporate counsel departments, and governmental agency create a level playing field for women attorneys? /Jacob H. Herring
  5. Women's leadership: perspectives from a recovering politician /Patricia Scott Schroeder
  6. Making the case: women in law /Sheila Wellington
  7. Where have all the sisters gone? /Muzette Hill
  8. Multicultural women and leadership opportunities: meeting the challenges of diversity in the American legal profession /Charisse R. Lillie
  9. Elected to lead: a challenge to women in public office /Eleanor Holmes Norton
  10. Different rulers, different rules /Kim Campbell
  11. Using difference to make a difference /Debra E. Meyerson,Robin J. Ely
  12. Are we preparing ourselves to lead? /Linda A. Hill
  13. Breaking the barriers to equality /Elaine R. Jones
  14. Did I forget to tell you I'm in control /Michele Coleman Mayes
  15. Some thoughts on dealing with cultural bias against women /Mary B. Cranston
  16. Strategies for developing white men as change agents for women leaders /Teveia R. Barnes — What men can give to women's quest for leadership /Jerome J. Shestack
  17. Progress versus equality: are we there yet? /Patricia Ireland
  18. Women, meeting (again), in and beyond the United States /Judith Resnik.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780804746359
Subtitle:
Women and Leadership
Editor:
Rhode, Deborah L.
Author:
Rhode, Deborah
Editor:
Rhode, Deborah L.
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Location:
Stanford, Calif.
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
Women & Business
Subject:
Equality
Subject:
Sex discrimination against women
Subject:
Leadership in women
Subject:
Women in the professions
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
Political Process - Leadership
Edition Number:
1
Series Volume:
107-212
Publication Date:
January 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.96x6.01x.61 in. .74 lbs.
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