TY - BOOK
T1 - Women and men in political and business elites
T2 - A comparative study in the industrialized world
AU - Vianello, Mino
AU - Moore, Gwen
AU - Stefano, Giovanna Di
AU - Liebig, Brigitte
AU - Memoli, Rosanna
AU - Nicolaou-Smokoviti, Litsa
AU - Palgi, Michal
AU - Pinnelli, Antonella
AU - Sansonetti, Silvia
AU - Siemieńska, Renata
AU - Etzioni-Halevy, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SAGE Publications Ltd, 2004.
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Awarded the Descartes Prize 2004 of the European Commission How do gender inequalities translate at the top of politics and business? Is the gender gap eliminated for the most influential players in industrial democratic society? This informed and compelling analysis examines the demographic characteristics, family circumstances and career paths of a group of elite women. The book is noteworthy for being one of the first empirically based studies of women elites. Drawing on a sample from no less than 27 countries, a convincing and highly original picture is constructed that informs readers of career paths, values, social networks and gender battles for women elites. Co-ordinated by Mino Vianello and Gwen Moore, the research fills in a huge gap about how power actually operates in industrial-democratic societies. It enables us to test the view that substantial equality between the sexes has been achieved in the twenty first century. It constitutes a landmark work, both in the study of gender difference and the analysis of power. The findings will be of interest to academics and advanced students in a wide range of disciplines including stratification, globalization, political science, international relations, gender, sociology, organizational studies and much more.
AB - Awarded the Descartes Prize 2004 of the European Commission How do gender inequalities translate at the top of politics and business? Is the gender gap eliminated for the most influential players in industrial democratic society? This informed and compelling analysis examines the demographic characteristics, family circumstances and career paths of a group of elite women. The book is noteworthy for being one of the first empirically based studies of women elites. Drawing on a sample from no less than 27 countries, a convincing and highly original picture is constructed that informs readers of career paths, values, social networks and gender battles for women elites. Co-ordinated by Mino Vianello and Gwen Moore, the research fills in a huge gap about how power actually operates in industrial-democratic societies. It enables us to test the view that substantial equality between the sexes has been achieved in the twenty first century. It constitutes a landmark work, both in the study of gender difference and the analysis of power. The findings will be of interest to academics and advanced students in a wide range of disciplines including stratification, globalization, political science, international relations, gender, sociology, organizational studies and much more.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949776822&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4135/9781446211830
DO - 10.4135/9781446211830
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84949776822
SN - 9781412902670
BT - Women and men in political and business elites
PB - SAGE Publications Inc.
ER -