The Difference "Difference" Makes, Deborah L. Rhode, Book

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Pub. Date: January 2003
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Format: Paperback, 256pp
Sales Rank: 216,382

ISBN-13: 9780804746359
ISBN: 0804746354
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: 1

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Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions in law, politics, and business—and what can be done to improve the situation? These are the questions this provocative book meets head-on.

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Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School.

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Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions-and what can be done to improve the situation? This unique collection takes up these questions in the crucial practical concepts of law, politics, and business-the arenas in which women's leadership has the most public influence. Bridging the worlds of theory and practice, the essays in this collection bring new insights to long-standing questions about the difference gender difference makes, both in access to leadership and in its exercise.

The contributors to this collection represent some of the nation's most distinguished women leaders and most respected scholars on women and leadership, and reflect a distinctive array of perspectives and backgrounds. Among others, they include former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder; former NOW president Patricia Ireland; the Right Honorable Kim Campbell, former prime minister of Canada; and Judith Resnik, the Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Written in accessible, lively prose, and informed by a wealth of scholarship and personal experience, this collection should appeal to a broad audience.

About the Author
Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at Stanford University School of Law.

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Marie C. Wilson
This necessary and comprehensive survey of 'difference' will increase awareness of the importance of including women in all aspects of public life. Rhode's research illustrates the lingering inequities of the leadership opportunities available to women.
—President, The White House Project

Product Details

Pub. Date: January 2003
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Format: Paperback, 256pp
Sales Rank: 216,382

ISBN-13: 9780804746359
ISBN: 0804746354
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: 1

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
	Foreword
I	Introduction
1	The Difference "Difference" Makes	3
II	What Difference Does Difference Make?
2	You've Come a Long Way, Baby - and You've Got Miles to Go	53
3	What's the Difference? A Comment on Deborah Rhode's "The Difference 'Difference' Makes"	59
4	A Question About Women and the Leadership Option	66
5	Can They Do It? Can Law Firms, Corporate Counsel Departments, and Governmental Agencies Create a Level Playing Field for Women Attorneys?	76
III	When Does Difference Make a Difference?
6	Women's Leadership: Perspectives from a Recovering Politician	85
7	Making the Case: Women in Law	90
8	Where Have All the Sisters Gone?	98
9	Multicultural Women and Leadership Opportunities: Meeting the Challenges of Diversity in the American Legal Profession	102
10	Elected to Lead: A Challenge to Women in Public Office	109
11	Different Rulers - Different Rules	121
IV	Changing the Context and Changing the Cast: Breaking the Barriers to Gender Equality
12	Using Difference to Make a Difference	129
13	Are We Preparing Ourselves to Lead?	144
14	Breaking the Barriers to Equality	168
15	Did I Forget to tell You I'm in Control?	172
16	Some Thoughts on Dealing with Cultural Bias Against Women	176
V	What About Men?
17	Strategies for Developing White Men as Change Agents for Women Leaders	181
18	What Men Can Give to Women's Quest for Leadership	185
VI	Meeting the Challenges
19	Progress Versus Equality: Are We There Yet?	193
20	Women, Meeting (Again), in and Beyond the United States	203
	Selected Bibliography	217
	Index	225

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