The Gendered Bureaucracy
Agency Mission, Equality of Opportunity, and Representative Bureaucracies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rita Mae Kelly (University of Dallas, corresponding author), Meredith A Newman (0000-0002-7228-2022, Washington State University Vancouver), Meredith Newman |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-33 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j014v22n03_01 |
| OpenAlex | W1553873621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 49 |
The implementation of equal opportunity policies across governmental bureaucracies has not uniformly advanced the interests of men, women and minorities therein. This paper examines this common occurrence of the unequal outcomes associated with equal opportunity policies. Political scientists have an abiding interest in equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies and procedures in governmental agencies because these are a principal means of achieving demographic and substantive representation in government. We find the prevailing approach to analyzing these equal opportunity policies rather inadequate–and, indeed, perhaps even part of the larger problem. We propose a new conceptual framework, one that moves beyond conventional demographic (passive) representation to a consideration of substantive (active) representation. The constraints of moving from demographic representational bureaucracy to substantive representational bureaucracy are examined as we integrate institutional and policy analysis perspectives in our consideration of the gendered bureaucracy
Action (physics · Affirmative action · Bureaucracy · Government (linguistics · Opportunity structures · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Political Appointees in the United States
Trends and Gaps
Linking Passive and Active Representation
The value of public organizations’ diversity reputation in women’s and minorities’ job choice decisions
Perceived racial discrimination in the workplace
The perceived effectiveness of collaborative approaches to address domestic violence
Years of women representation in Afghanistan
Does Agency Type Matter for Female Federal Agents? Exploring the Offices of Inspectors General
Health-Related Assistance Programs, Leadership Support, and Organizational Performance
Is Diversity Management Sufficient? Organizational Inclusion to Further Performance
Leading toward equality
Descriptive Representation by Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Municipal Bureaucracies
Facing the Giant
Gender, Representative Bureaucracy, and Law Enforcement
Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace Revisited
Agency Leaders, Gendered Institutions, and Representative Bureaucracy
How s tatus‐group power differentials shape age discrimination within U.S. federal agencies
Race, Sex, and Clarence Thomas
How Bureaucratic Representation Affects Public Organizational Performance
Representative bureaucracy in property assessment appeals administration
Representative Bureaucracy, Gender, and Policing
Lipstick and Logarithms
Not in the Objective Function”
Finding A Voice
Representative Bureaucracy in the Federal Executive
Inclusion of Women Academics into American Universities
Trailblazing women in academia
Representative bureaucracy
Some Ceilings Have More Cracks
Symbolic Representation, Cooperation, and Undocumented Immigrants
Does Increasing Racial Minority Representation Contribute to Overall Organizational Performance? The Role of Organizational Mission and Diversity Climate
Representative Bureaucracy
A Systematic Review of the Gender Pay Gap and Factors That Predict It
Women in the Executive Branch
Race and Gender Representation in Presidential Appointments, SES, and GS Levels, During Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations
The Difference That Women Make
Gender Pay Gaps in U.S. Federal Science Agencies
The Role of Gender in Government and Nonprofit Workplaces
Representative Bureaucracy and Partisanship
Gender Equity
Glass Walls in State Bureaucracies
A Solution in Search of a Problem? Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and the New Public Service
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Men and women of the corporation
The economics of women, men and work
Gender at Work
Public Administration And Social Equity
Gender Power, Leadership, and Governance
The Economic Emergence of Women
Does Their Difference Make a Difference? The Impact of Women on Public Policy in Arizona Legislature
Public Employee Unions, Reformism, and Black Employment in 1,200 American Cities
Race, class and education
Career Advancement
The Impact of Representative Bureaucracies
Minority Groups in Public Bureaucracies
Representative Bureaucracy and Policy Preferences
Public Managers in the States
Gender and Lowi's Thesis
Democracy and the Public Service
The Promise of Representative Bureaucracy
American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory
Minorities and Women in State and Local Government
Public Administration and Social Equity
Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice
A National Study of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation in Municipal Bureaucracies
Measuring Bureaucratic Representation and Integration
Toward Representative Bureaucracy
Representative Bureaucracy
Female and Minority Employment in City Government
Governmental Suasion
Representative Bureaucracy
Latinos and Representative Bureaucracy Testing the Thompson and Henderson Hypotheses1
Female Mayors and Women in Municipal Jobs
Bureaucracy as a Representative Institution
Civil Servants and the Deprived
Organizational Involvement and Representative Bureaucracy
Blacks and Hispanics in Urban Politics
Contrasting Rational and Psychological Analyses of Political Choice
Representative Bureaucracy
Black Employment in Municipal Jobs
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,84 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |