Gender images in public administration : legitimacy and the administrative state /

Extensively updated to reflect recent research and new theoretical literature, this second edition applies a gender lens to the field of public administration, looking at issues of status, power, leadership, legitimacy and change.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stivers, Camilla
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2002]
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Women in public life > United States.
Women in the civil service > United States.
Sex role > United States.
Public administration > United States.
Women in public life.
Women in the civil service.
Sex role.
Administrative agencies.
Femmes dans la vie publique.
Femmes dans la fonction publique.
Rôle selon le sexe.
Administration publique.
Femmes dans la vie publique > États-Unis.
Femmes dans la fonction publique > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
Administration publique (Science) > États-Unis.
sex role.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Administrative agencies
Public administration
Sex role
Women in public life
Women in the civil service
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Gender and Public Administration 1
  • 2. "On Tap But Not on Top": Women in the Administrative State 14
  • Women in Public Service 15
  • Women's Organizational Reality 22
  • Glass Ceilings, Glass Walls 26
  • Who's Minding the Kids? 30
  • Women and the Administrative State 33
  • 3. "Sharpening a Knife Cleverly": The Dilemma of Expertise 39
  • Objective Expertise 41
  • Professional Autonomy 48
  • The Hierarchy of Expertise 50
  • Brotherhood 54
  • Professionalism and Women 56
  • 4. "Look Like a Lady, Act Like a Man": The Dilemma of Leadership 59
  • A Portrait of the Leader 63
  • Women Leaders 71
  • Leadership and Public Administration 78
  • 5. The Hero Factory: The Dilemma of Virtue 81
  • Virtue 82
  • The Guardian 86
  • The Seeker After Fame and Honor 88
  • The Hero 96
  • The Citizen 102
  • 6. From the Ground(s) Up: Women Reformers and the Rise of the Administrative State 108
  • True Womanhood 111
  • Becoming Businesslike 116
  • Shaping the Administrative State 119
  • The Gender of Reform 121
  • 7. Paths Toward Change 126
  • Toward a Feminist Theory of Public Administration 127
  • New Images in Public Administration 131
  • Feminist Practical Wisdom 143.

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