Christofer Edling
Professor
Women in power: Sex differences in Swedish local elite networks
Författare
Summary, in English
Women occupy a small minority of elite positions in contemporary society. In addition, the minority of women who gain access to influential elite positions are often assumed to have their actual influence circumscribed by mechanisms of marginalization. However, systematic evidence to support the latter view is relatively scarce. We apply social network analysis to study sex differences in local elite networks in Sweden, and show empirically that, despite the fact that women are the minority group across all elite dimensions, female elites uphold the same ‘structural status’ as male elites.
Avdelning/ar
- Sociologi
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
21-40
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Acta Sociologica
Volym
56
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- social networks
- sex differences
- local elites
- sociology
- sociologi
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0001-6993