Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 166 p)
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780813540665
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0813540666
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0813540658
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9780813540658
Content:
From 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 relations 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 lo
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index
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Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: From Private to Public Interests: Women's Entrance into Corporate Lobbying; Chapter 3: The Problem with No Name? Women's Interests, Corporate Power, and Public Policy; Chapter 4: Warm Springs and Hot Topics at the Tax Alliance Retreat: Doing Gender and Doing Business; Chapter 5: The Costs and Benefi ts of Family Ties; Chapter 6: Women, Corporate Lobbying, and Power; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813540658
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Best Kept Secret : Women Corporate Lobbyists, Policy, and Power in the United States
Language:
English
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