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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786233003321

Autore

Stivers Camilla

Titolo

Gender images in public administration [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and the administrative state / / Camilla M. Stivers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c[2002]

ISBN

1-5063-2007-4

1-322-42054-8

0-7619-2173-7

1-4522-6266-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 174 p.)

Disciplina

305.420973

Soggetti

Women in public life - United States

Women in the civil service - United States

Sex role - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover            ; Contents               ; Preface              ; Chapter 1 - Gender and Public Administration                                                   ; Chapter 2 - ""On Tap but not on Top"": Women in the Administrative State; Women in Public Service                              ; Women's Organizational Reality                                     ; Glass Ceilings, Glass Walls                                  ; Who's Minding the Kids?                              ; Women and the Administrative State                                         ; Conclusion

Chapter 3 - ""Sharpening a Knife Cleverly"": The Dilemma of Expertise                                                                          Objective Expertise                          ; Professional Autonomy                            ; The Hierarchy of Expertise                                 ; Brotherhood                  ; Professionalism and Women                                ; Chapter 4 - ""Look like a Lady, Act like a Man"": The Dilemma of Leadership; A Portrait of the Leader                               ; Women Leaders

Leadership and Public Administration                                           Chapter 5 - The Hero Factory: The Dilemma of Virtue                                                          ; Virtue             ; The Guardian                   ; The Seeker after Fame and Honor; The Hero               ; The Citizen                  ; Conclusion                



; Chapter 6 - From the Ground(s) up: Women Reformers and the Rise of the Administrative State; True Womanhood                     ; Becoming Businesslike

Shaping the Administrative State                                       The Gender of Reform                           ; Conclusion                 ; Chapter 7 - Paths toward Change; Toward a Feminist Theory of Public Administration                                                        ; New Images in Public Administration                                          ; Feminist Practical Wisdom                                ; Conclusion                 ; References                 ; Index            ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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.