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Legalizing gender inequality: courts, markets, and unequal pay for women in America

Robert L. Nelson and William P. Bridges
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures and Tables (page xi)
  • Acknowledgments (page xv)
    • 1 Law, Markets, and the Institutional Construction of Gender Inequality in Pay (page 1)
  • Part I Theory and Method
    • 2 Legal Theories of Sex-Based Pay Discrimination (page 25)
    • 3 Toward an Organizational Theory of Gender Inequality in Pay (page 53)
    • 4 Methodological Approach: Law Cases, Case Studies, and Critical Empiricism (page 101)
  • Part II The Case Studies
  • A. Public Sector Organizations
    • 5 Paternalism and Politics in a University Pay System: Christensen v. State of Iowa (page 119)
    • 6 Bureaucratic Politics and Gender Inequality in a State Pay System: AFSCME v. State of Washington (page 171)
  • B. Private Sector Organizations
    • 7 Corporate Politics, Rationalization, and Managerial Discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (page 205)
    • 8 The Financial Institution as a Male, Profit-Making Club: Glass v. Coastal Bank (page 244)
  • Part III Conclusion: Legalizing Gender Inequality
    • 9 Rethinking the Relationship between Law, Markets, and Gender Inequality in Organizations (page 309)
  • Appendix: Court Documents and Case Materials Used in Case Studies (page 365)
  • References (page 371)
  • Index (page 385)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
SF 78.3 (Mar. 2000): 1163-1164 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3005945
JP 62.3 (Aug. 2000): 921-923 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2647968
BJS 52.1 (Mar. 2001): 185-186 http://www.jstor.org/stable/592117
GS 14.5 (Oct. 2000): 704-705 http://www.jstor.org/stable/190460
EJ 110.467 (Nov. 2000): 747-750 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2667780
UCLR 68.2 (Spring 2001): 579-612 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1600382
LSI 25.3 (Summer 2000): 913-931 http://www.jstor.org/stable/829140
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Published: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780521627504 (paper)
  • 9780521621694 (hardcover)
  • 9780511087813 (ebook)
Subject
  • Gender Studies
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