Analyzing bureaucrats and clients as the "second sex"

"[I]ntroduces and explores brilliantly such concepts as bureaucrats as the 'second sex'; feminist discourse as a voice of resistance; and the absence of threat in 'how to succeed feminism.' ... [T]his book is definitely Ferguson's case and a compelling one at that!" --Choice "The bones, flesh and soul of Kathy Ferguson's impressive new work in feminist theory are politics--radical politics--the kind few scholars address any more... In this short and utterly engaging study, Ferguson maps new terrain for radical feminism, reduces liberal feminism to a heap of false promises, forces Leftists toward feminism to a degree unapproached by the Marxist-Feminist literature, and, of course, makes a case against bureaucracy. What is more, the feats are accomplished with erudition, flashes of ironic humor, and a theoretical manner which is at once complex and rooted firmly in the pathos of daily Western life... A survival text for a Movement--now that's a book no working woman can afford to be without." --The Women's Review of Books