Research Catalog

Title

Gender images in public administration : legitimacy and the administrative state / Camilla Stivers.

Author

Stivers, Camilla.

Publication

Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1993.

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Details

Description

ix, 164 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Gender Images In Public Administration is a ground-breaking examination of how widely-held ideas about masculinity and femininity shape current images of the American public administrator. By examining current theories in the practice of public administration, Stivers describes how the various images of the public administrator, such as the professional expert, the visionary leader, the guardian, and the citizen, not only possess traditional masculine features but confer privileges on men and pose practical dilemmas for women. The author concludes with suggestions about how feminist thinking might help reduce gender bias in current theory and practice. Faculty in public administration who wish to introduce students to this unique perspective of the field will find this work a valuable resource, as will all public administration professionals who must struggle daily with gender and leadership issues.

Subject

• Women in public life > United States
• Women in the civil service > United States
• Sex role > United States
• Public administration > United States
• Gender identity
• Gender Identity
• sex role
• Gender identity
• Public administration
• Sex role
• Women in public life
• Women in the civil service
• Frau
• Geschlechterrolle
• Verwaltung
• Öffentlicher Dienst
• Openbaar bestuur
• Vrouwendiscriminatie
• Hoger personeel
• Sekserol
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-156) and index.

Contents

Gender and Public Administration -- "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 -- "Sharpening a Knife Cleverly": The Dilemma of Expertise -- Objective Expertise -- Professional Autonomy -- The Hierarchy of Expertise -- Brotherhood -- Professionalism and Women -- "Look Like a Lady, Act Like a Man": The Dilemma of Leadership -- A Portrait of the Leader -- Women Leaders -- Leadership and Public Administration -- The Hero Factory: The Dilemma of Virtue -- Virtue -- The Guardian -- The Seeker After Fame and Honor -- The Hero -- The Citizen -- 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 -- Paths Toward Change -- Toward a Feminist Theory of Public Administration -- New Images in Public Administration -- Feminist Practical Wisdom.

ISBN

• 0803948026
• 9780803948020
• 0803948034
• 9780803948037

LCCN

92032145

OCLC

• ocm26632416
• 26632416
• SCSB-1969343

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library