Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
This book makes 'the way things are' for men and women in the worlds of business and politics visible.
-Contemporary Sociology
About the Author
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.
Table of Contents
Preface--Cynthia Fuchs Epstein * A Theoretical Framework--Eileen Drew, Gwen Moore, Renata Siemienska & Mino Vianello * Methodology, Research Design and Sample Description--Silvia Sansonetti, Dawn Lyon, Gwen Moore, Jenny Neale & Michal Palgi * Gender, Class and Public Power--Joanna Liddle & Elisabeth Michielsens * The Élite's Cultural Capital--María Antonia García de León, Maria José Alonso Sánchez & Helena Rodriguez Navarro * Career Trajectories of Political and Business Leaders--Eileen Drew * Men and Women in Political Leadership--Maria Carrilho * Top People and Mentors--Michal Palgi * Is Leadership Time "Gendered Time"?--Alison Woodward & Dawn Lyon * Life Choices and Informal Networks of Top Leaders--Jeannette Bakker * Interpersonal Contacts--Gwen Moore & Deborah White * Organizational Structure and Gender--Bogdan Kavcic & Marjana Merkac * Gender, Office and Exercise of Power--Mino Vianello * Combining Everyday Life and Career in Northern and Southern Europe--Jaana Kuusipalo, Kaisa Kauppinen & Iira Nuutinen * On Work, Careers, Family and Gender--Johanna Esseveld & Gunnar Andersson * Consensus at the Top?--Litsa Nicolau-Smokoviti & Burt Baldwin * Thinking Differences--Brigitte Liebig * Locality and Contextuality in the Social Construction of Gender--Lis Højgaard & Johanna Esseveld * Does Gender Make a Difference in Élite's Value Orientation?--Renata Siemienska * General Conclusions--Gwen Moore & Vianello