Gendering Elites

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

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.

• business
• Europe
• gender
• industries
• international relations
• political science
• political theory
• politics
• social science
• sociology
• women

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

  Mino Vianello

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

  Gwen Moore

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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