Female High Civil Servants in France

Abstract

A product of the diffusion of an « equal representation grammar », professional equality policies were recently developed in the public service. Based on a survey among the employees of the ministry of finance, this article highlights the selective opportunities offered by these elitist policies : a small minority of women, socially homogenous, often stemming from the “Ecole Nationale d’Administration”, or ena, can manage to pass the glass ceiling, providing that they show their devotion to their administration and to public management, and accept time-consuming jobs ; at the same time, State reforms and reinforced competition for top jobs fragilize possibilities for female managers to move up the ladder professionally in deconcentrated administrations, among female managers not from the ena, and among those from less privileged social backgrounds.

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