Glass Walls and Glass Ceilings: Women's Representation in State and Municipal Bureaucracies
by Reid, Margaret F.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-30
Publisher(s): Greenwood Pub Group
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Summary
Reid, Kerr, and Miller provide the first book-length, systematic national analysis of female representational patterns in state and municipal bureaucracies. They find that despite three decades of affirmative legislation, women remain underrepresented in the highest and best-paying positions in administrative and professional posts. These findings are critical to the democratic legitimacy of public agencies at a time when trust in public institutions is low.
Author Biography
Brinck Kerr is associate professor of political science and coordinator of the Center for the Study of Representation at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Table of Contents
| Tables | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | xiii | ||
| 1. Representation of Women in State and Municipal Bureaucracies: Empirical and Normative Dimensions | 1 | (16) | |
| 2. Barriers to the Representation of Women in State and Municipal Public Bureaucracies: Theoretical Foundations and Previous Empirical Work | 17 | (20) | |
| 3. Data, Variables, Measures, and Method | 37 | (16) | |
| 4. Empirical Analysis of Glass Walls in Municipal and State Bureaucracies | 53 | (22) | |
| 5. Empirical Analysis of Glass Ceilings and Sex-Based Salary Disparities in Municipal and State Bureaucracies | 75 | (20) | |
| 6. Bureaucratic Representation of Latinas, African American Women, and White (Non-Hispanic) Women in Multiethnic U.S. Cities | 95 | (12) | |
| 7. Conclusion: Interaction between Glass Walls and Ceilings, Future Research, and Policy Implications | 107 | (16) | |
| Appendix | 123 | (6) | |
| References | 129 | (16) | |
| Index | 145 |
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