| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Legalizing gender inequality/ Robert L. Nelson, William P. Bridges. |
| Reminder of title: |
courts, markets, and unequal pay for women in America / |
| Author: |
Nelson, Robert L., |
| other author: |
Bridges, William P. |
| Published: |
Cambridge [England] ;Cambridge University Press, : 1999., |
| Description: |
xvi, 393 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| Series: |
Structural analysis in the social sciences ; |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Law, markets, and the institutional construction of gender inequality in pay -- pt. 1. Theory and method. Legal theories of sex-based pay discrimination. Toward an organizational theory of gender inequality in pay. Methodological approach: law cases, case studies, and critical empiricism -- pt. 2a. The case studies: public sector organizations. Paternalism and politics in a university pay system: Christensen v. State of Iowa. Bureaucratic politics and gender inequality in a state pay system: AFSCME v. State of Washington -- pt. 2b. The case studies: private sector organizations. Corporate politics, rationalization, and managerial discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. The financial institution as a male, profit-making club: Glass v. Coastal Bank -- pt. 3. Conclusion: legalizing gender inequality. Rethinking the relationship between law, markets, and gender inequality in organizations -- Appendix: court documents and case materials used in case studies. |
| Subject: |
Pay equity - Law and legislation - United States. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74330An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0511019602 (electronic bk.) |