Gendering Elites

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.

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.

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This compilation of 20 substantive chapters by academic contributors from Albany to Zurich provides a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences between women and men as leaders. The avenues pursued are divergent/convergent pathways to power; strategies, contexts, and uses of power; permutations of combining everyday life with elite careers; and the cultural dimensions of gender (in)equality in elites. Includes relevant data for the 27 countries discussed, plus supporting figures and tables. Vianello teaches statistics at the U. of Rome, and Moore is a sociologist with the State U. of New York at Albany. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.