| Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America Contributor(s): Nelson, Robert L. (Author), Bridges, William (Author), Granovetter, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521627508 ISBN-13: 9780521627504 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Based on case studies of four organizations that were sued for pay discrimination, Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender inequality within economic, sociological, and legal contexts. The book argues that male-female earnings differentials cannot be explained adequately by market forces, principles of efficiency, or society-wide sexism. Rather it suggests that employing organizations tend to disadvantage holders of predominantly female jobs by denying them power in organizational politics and reproducing male cultural advantages. The book argues that the courts have, by uncritically accepting the market explanation for wage disparity, tended to legitimate and to legalize a crucial dimension of gender inequality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Business & Economics | Women In Business |
| Dewey: 331.215 |
| LCCN: 98038432 |
| Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.97" W x 8.93" (1.23 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |