LEADER 03670nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910451928303321 005 20210525031337.0 010 $a1-281-15127-0 010 $a9786611151270 010 $a0-8135-4153-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541532 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481898 035 $a(EBL)328092 035 $a(OCoLC)476125059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063127 035 $a(PQKB)11001768 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328092 035 $a(OCoLC)190790369 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21225 035 $a(DE-B1597)529025 035 $a(OCoLC)1119084141 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL328092 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10206180 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115127 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481898 100 $a20060921d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe best-kept secret$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, corporate lobbyists, policy, and power in the United States /$fDenise Benoit 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (182 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4065-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. From Private to Public Interests: Women's Entrance into Corporate Lobbying --$t3. The Problem with No Name? Women's Interests, Corporate Power, and Public Policy --$t4. Warm Springs and Hot Topics at the Tax Alliance Retreat: Doing Gender and Doing Business --$t5. The Costs and Benefits of Family Ties --$t6. Women, Corporate Lobbying, and Power --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aFrom lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff, to corporate executives, like Enron's Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, recent scandals dealing with politics and government have focused only on men at the top. But do these high-profile men accurately represent the gendered make up of corporate-government in the United States? In this first in-depth look at the changing face of corporate lobbying, Denise Benoit shows how women who have historically worked mostly in policy areas relating to "women's issues" such as welfare, family, and health have become increasingly influential as corporate lobbyists, specializing in what used to be considered "masculine" policy, such as taxes and defense. Benoit finds that this new crop of female lobbyists mobilize both masculinity and femininity in ways that create and maintain trusting, open, and strong relations with those in government, and at the same time help corporations to save and earn billions of dollars. While the media focuses on the dubious behaviors of men at the top of business and government, this book shows that female corporate lobbyists are indeed one of the best kept secrets in Washington. 606 $aBusinesswomen$zUnited States 606 $aCorporations$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aLobbying$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBusinesswomen 615 0$aCorporations$xPolitical activity 615 0$aLobbying 676 $a328.73/078082 700 $aBenoit$b Denise$f1955-$01053278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451928303321 996 $aThe best-kept secret$92485107 997 $aUNINA