The best-kept secret women, corporate lobbyists, policy, and power in the United States
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| Sprache: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J.
Rutgers University Press
c2007
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| Beschreibung: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index 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 Introduction -- From private to public interests : women's entrance into corporate lobbying -- The problem with no name. Women's interests, corporate power, and public policy -- Warm strings and hot topics at the tax alliance retreat : doing gender and doing business -- The costs and benefits of family ties -- Women, corporate lobbying, and power |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 166 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780813541532 0813541530 9780813540658 9780813540665 0813540658 0813540666 1281151270 9781281151278 |