Prestige in Academia : A Glance at the Gender Distribution
Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen diskuterar hur prestige och status kan bidra till att förklara den låga andelen kvinnor bland professorer. Begreppet "consecrating moments" introduceras för att förklara prestiges relationella natur.The acquiring of prestige is essential for succeeding at a career in academia. Also, the distribution of prestige between men and women may help explain the low representation of women in full professor positions. The author sets out to disprove the widely accepted notion that universities are based on a pure meritocratic system. The book compounds extensive survey studies of Swedish professors as
