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Book SynopsisFrom 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 in the United States?
Trade ReviewThis in-depth analysis of corporate lobbyists offers evocative insights into how powerful women manage their jobs, families, and gender-in a formerly all-male world. Benoit's case study of the all-women 'Tax Alliance' is worth the price of the book. -- Patricia Yancey Martin * author of Rape Work: Gender, Victims, and Emotions in Organizations and Communit *
Just when we might think we have learned everything we possibly could about corporate lobbying due to all the recent scandals and exposTs, we now have the pleasant surprise of finding out from this highly original and fast moving book that corporations have yet another important and previously invisible way to influence government, through the growing number women lobbyists who serve as their eyes, ears, and persuaders in some of the most important policy arenas in Washington. -- G. William Domhoff * author of Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change *
The Best Kept Secret [is] an inside-the-Beltway study of the highly paid professional women who have become the managers, directors, and vice presidents of corporate-government relocations departments housed inside corporations and business trade associations. This is a book that deserves to be read by those interested in the nature of work, gender, and inequality. * American Journal of Sociology *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 From Private to Public Interests: Women's Entrance into Corporate Lobbying
3 The Problem with No Name? Women's Interests, Corporate Power, and Public Policy
4 Warm Springs and Hot Topics at the Tax Alliance Retreat: Doing Gender and Doing Business
5 The Costs and Benefits of Family Ties
6 Women, Corporate Lobbying, and Power
Notes
References
Index
