Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America

by William Bridges, Robert L. Nelson, William P. Bridges

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521627508
• ISBN13: 9780521627504
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"