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Title Women, power, and ethnicity : working toward reciprocal empowerment / Patricia S.E. Darlington, Becky Michele Mulvaney, editors
Published New York : Haworth Press, 2003
New York : Haworth Information Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 241 pages) : illustrations
Contents Power: past, present, and future -- African-American women and power -- Asian-American women and power -- Caribbean-American women and power -- European-American women and power -- Latin American women and power -- Middle Eastern-American women and power -- Native American women and power -- Conclusion
Summary Powerful women aren't just men walking around in dresses!As women continue to assume positions of social leadership in increasing numbers, the dynamics of the social construction of power need to be examined. Have women adopted traditionally male patterns of behavior in an effort to gain and maintain power in business, industry, politics, academics, etc.? And if not, what kind of power are women practicing? The authors of Women, Power, and Ethnicity: Working Toward Reciprocal Empowerment endeavored to find out by conducting a research study on how women from various racial and ethnic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- United States -- Attitudes.
Minority women -- United States -- Attitudes.
Women immigrants -- United States -- Attitudes.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Public opinion.
Ethnicity -- United States.
Author Darlington, Patricia S. E.
Mulvaney, Becky Michele.
LC no. 2002068605
ISBN 9781317957034 (electronic bk)
1317957032 (electronic bk)