Women in executive office
Subtitle: pathways and performance
By: edited by Melody Rose
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781588268518
Subjects: Women government executives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women as executive political leaders; title: The real 08 fight: Clinton vs. Palin; title: The vice presidency as the new glass ceiling: media coverage of Sarah Palin; title: Nancy Pelosi as organizational leader: in the footsteps of Mary Parker Follett; title: Women in the Obama Administration: insiders, or outsiders looking in?; title: Women in the governor's mansion: how party and gender affect policy; title: Entering the mayor's office: women's decisions to run for municipal positions; title: Local executive leaders: at the intersection of race and gender; title: Barriers bent but not broken: newspaper coverage of local and state elections; title: Welcome to the party? leadership, ambition, and support among elites; title: Campaign finance: a barrier to reaching the White House?; title: Turning the tables: behind every successful woman; title: Defining the executive women research agenda.