Martin Andrew W
The Ohio State University, United States.
Soc Sci Res. 2014 Jul;46:23-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.02.001. Epub 2014 Feb 14.
Although women have long played an important role in working class struggles, most leadership positions in unions have been held by men. Organized labor's recent shift towards social movement unionism has lead to a sense of optimism among those pressing for more gender equality among labor's elite. Yet scholarship on gender and power in other settings, including political institutions, social movements, and formal organizations, suggests other factors may also play a role in determining women's leadership in labor unions. The current research, based on a rich dataset of 70 local unions, provides important insight into the political careers of women. Beyond an analysis of organized labor, this research has implications for understanding the interplay of gender and power in formal organizations and social movements more broadly.
尽管女性长期以来在工人阶级斗争中发挥着重要作用，但工会中的大多数领导职位一直由男性担任。有组织的劳工最近向社会运动工会主义的转变，让那些迫切要求在劳工精英中实现更多性别平等的人产生了乐观情绪。然而，关于其他领域（包括政治机构、社会运动和正式组织）中性别与权力的学术研究表明，其他因素在决定女性在工会中的领导地位方面也可能发挥作用。这项基于70个地方工会丰富数据集的研究，为女性的政治生涯提供了重要见解。除了对有组织的劳工进行分析之外，这项研究对于更广泛地理解正式组织和社会运动中性别与权力的相互作用也具有启示意义。
