Equality on Trial - Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace

Katherine Turk is Associate Professor of History and Adjunct Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

List of contents

Introduction. Notions of Sex Equality

Chapter 1. Defining Sex Discrimination

Chapter 2. Class and Class Action

Chapter 3. Feminism and Workplace Fairness

Chapter 4. Reevaluating Women's Work

Chapter 5. Sex Equality and the Service Sector

Chapter 6. A Man's World, but Only for Some

Chapter 7. Opting Out or Buying In

Conclusion. Illusions of Sex Equality

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Katherine Turk

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Turk
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780812224405
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2440-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - U.S., POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations