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Women in the Corporate Channel: a Process of Natural Exclusion?*
Author(s) -
Hernes Helga Maria,
Voje Kirsten
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1980.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , politics , channel (broadcasting) , process (computing) , natural (archaeology) , political science , business , natural experiment , corporate social responsibility , demographic economics , public relations , economics , law , geography , telecommunications , engineering , computer science , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , operating system , pathology
This article examines Norwegian women's access to the public committee system. Women's relative underrepresentation is discussed in terms of their social status and their difficulties in gaining entry into the ‘pool of eligibles’. Their corporate recruitment via political channels is compared to men's more frequent recruitment via professional channels and via economic interest organizations. The article concludes by comparing conditions for participation in the numerical and corporate channels as well as in issue‐oriented, ad‐hoc activities. These differ along two dimensions, both of which tend to channel women into the less formalized bodies for political participation.