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Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Contributor(s): Crosby, Faye J. (Editor), Stockdale, Margaret S. (Editor), Ropp, S. Ann (Editor)
ISBN: 140513450X     ISBN-13: 9781405134507
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $84.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2007
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Annotation: Written by prominent experts, the chapters in this timely volume provide an innovative and cohesive look at the research, theory, and practical issues surrounding sex discrimination in the workplace. The first section gives detailed and thorough guidance to employers who wish to avoid litigation and to individuals who are considering litigation. Section Two contains riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers, and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against sex discriminatory employers. Section Three grounds the practical and the personal accounts in the broad and deep scholarship that tracks the extent and the nature of sex discrimination in the American workplace. Authoritative analyses from the nation's leading social scientists and legal scholars allow the reader to understand how psychologists, sociologists, economists, and legal scholars approach issues of sex discrimination. Given what we know about the dynamics of sex discrimination, what strategies can we use to eradicate it? The final section is devoted to solutions and contains some surprising answers. "Sex Discrimination in the Workplace" is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
- Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations
- Law | Gender & The Law
Dewey: 331.413
LCCN: 2006027521
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.75" W x 9.64" (1.50 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
Sex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions. With riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against discriminatory employers, it is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.

  • Examines sex discrimination through the eyes of law, economics, sociology, and psychology, providing expert descriptions of the fundamental research related to sex discrimination and their field
  • Contains first hand accounts of sex discrimination cases, many of which relate to landmark contemporary incidents
  • Concludes with solutions to the problems of discrimination from individual, organizational, and societal perspectives
  • Written in clear, engaging prose with contributions from eminent scholars