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Christofer Edling

Christofer Edling

Professor

Christofer Edling

Women in power: Sex differences in Swedish local elite networks

Author

  • Christofer Edling
  • Gergei Farrkas
  • Jens Rydgren

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.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

21-40

Publication/Series

Acta Sociologica

Volume

56

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • social networks
  • sex differences
  • local elites
  • sociology
  • sociologi

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0001-6993