Race, Gender, And Discrimination At Work [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910305550103321
• Autore: Cohn Samuel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Westview Press, 2000
• ISBN: 9780786751402; 0-429-49786-5; 1-4294-9335-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Has the Problem of Discrimination Gone Away?; 2 Discrimination and Market Competition; 3 What Determines If a Job Is Male or Female?; 4 Why Women Are Confined to Low-Status Jobs; 5 Why Are Women Paid Less Than Men?; 6 Why Are Blacks More Likely to Be Unemployed Than Are Whites?; 7 Twenty-Six Things to Remember About Discrimination; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: A Socratic Guide to Race and Gender Discrimination at Work; Appendix C: Problems for Deeper Thought; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Race and Gender Discrimination at Work Samuel Cohns provides a fascinating, unorthodox account of the causes of discrimination at work. The book is packed with statistics, yet witty; rigorous, yet light. Cohn introduces readers to the fundamental realities of race and gender barriers in the workplace, and he goes beyond these as well by introducing startling new reinterpretations. Cohn is tactful enough to appeal to the conservative student, but honest enough to appeal to the feminist student. In the first several chapters, Cohn provides a description of the historical and curre