Gendering Elites Economic and Political Leadership in Industrialized Societies

This study identifies 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.

INTRODUCTION A Theoretical Framework; E.Drew, G.Moore, R.Siemienska & M.Vianello Methodology; S.Sansonetti, D.Lyon, G.Moore, J.Neale & M.Palgi PART I: PATHWAYS TO POWER Gender, Class and Public Power; J.Liddle & E.Michielsens The Élite's Cultural Capital: A View on Education; M.A.G.de León, M.J.A.Sánchex & H.R.Navarro Career Trajectories: Convergence or Divergence?; E.Drew Men and Women in Political Leadership; M.Carrilho PART II: POWER, STRATEGIES, CONTEXTS AND USES Top People and Mentors; M.Palgi Gendered Time and Women's Access to Power; A.Woodward & D.Lyon Life Choices and Leaders' Informal Networks; J.Bakker Interpersonal Contacts; G.Moore & D.White Organisational Structure and Gender; B.Kavcic & M.Merkac The Exercise of Power; M.Vianello PART III: HINDRANCE OR ASSET?: COMBINING EVERYDAY LIFE AND ÉLITE CAREERS Family Characteristics; J.Neale Traditional or New Ways of Living; G.Diem-Wille & J.Ziegler Life and Career in North and South Europe; J.Kuusipalo, K.Kauppinen & I.Nuutinen Career Life Forms; J.Esseveld & G.Andersson PART IV: THE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF GENDER (IN) EQUALITY IN ÉLITES Hierarchies, Attitudes and Gender; L.N.Smokovita & B.Baldwin Perspectives on Gender Cultures in Élites; B.Liebig The Social Construction of Gender; L.Hojgaard & J.Esseveld Élite's Value Orientations; R.Siemienska Conclusions; G.Moore & M.Vianello Appendix: Data About Countries; S.Sansonetti Bibliography

MINO VIANELLO is Professor in the Faculty of Statistics, University of Rome 'La Sapienza'.

GWEN MOORE is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.