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1 online resource (xi, 166 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
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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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Businesswomen -- United States.
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Businesswomen. |
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United States. |
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Corporations -- Political activity -- United States.
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Corporations -- Political activity. |
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Lobbying -- United States.
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Lobbying. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benoit, Denise, 1955- Best-kept secret. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007 9780813540658 9780813540665 (DLC) 2006031258 (OCoLC)71812688 |
| ISBN |
9780813541532 (electronic book) |
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0813541530 (electronic book) |
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9780813540658 |
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9780813540665 |
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0813540658 |
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0813540666 |
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1281151270 |
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9781281151278 |
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