ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1981, this book is composed of papers that describe and analyse women’s careers in government, business, and the professions. It examines women’s access to and participation in elite careers in the US, and in selected countries of western and eastern Europe – Britain, France, West Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Poland, and Yugoslavia – as well as in international organizations.
This book was an outgrowth of a conference on ‘Women in decision-making elites in cross-national perspective,’ held at King’s College, Cambridge University, in July 1976. The countries represented were chosen because, although they were at similar stages of economic development, they exhibited differences in political structure, ideology, and tradition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|18 pages
Where Have All the Women Gone?
part One|2 pages
Political Elites: Participation and Behaviour
chapter 3|16 pages
Women in Politics:
chapter 11|13 pages
Women in International Organizations: Room at the Top:
part Two|1 pages
Women and Economic Elites: Business and the Professions