Gender images in public administration [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and the administrative state / / Camilla M. Stivers
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Stivers Camilla
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| Titolo: |
Gender images in public administration [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and the administrative state / / Camilla M. Stivers
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c[2002] |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 174 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.420973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women in public life - United States |
| Women in the civil service - United States | |
| Sex role - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gender images in public administration |
| ISBN: | 1-5063-2007-4 |
| 1-322-42054-8 | |
| 0-7619-2173-7 | |
| 1-4522-6266-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786233003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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