1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790609503321

Autore

Skrentny John David

Titolo

After civil rights : racial realism in the new American workplace / / John D. Skrentny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-691-16812-1

1-4008-4849-0

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Disciplina

331.13/30973

Soggetti

Civil rights - United States

Civil service - United States

Discrimination in employment - United States

Race discrimination - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Managing Race in the American Workplace -- Chapter 2. Leverage -- Chapter 3. We the People -- Chapter 4. Displaying Race for Dollars -- Chapter 5. The Jungle Revisited? -- Chapter 6. Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many employers, Democratic and Republican political leaders, and advocates have adopted a new strategy to manage race and work. Race is now relevant not only in negative cases of discrimination, but in more positive ways as well. In today's workplace, employers routinely practice "racial realism," where they view race as real--as a job qualification. Many believe employee racial differences, and sometimes immigrant status, correspond to unique abilities or evoke desirable reactions from clients or citizens. They also see racial diversity as a way to increase workplace dynamism. The problem is that when employers see race as



useful for organizational effectiveness, they are often in violation of civil rights law. After Civil Rights examines this emerging strategy in a wide range of employment situations, including the low-skilled sector, professional and white-collar jobs, and entertainment and media. In this important book, Skrentny urges us to acknowledge the racial realism already occurring, and lays out a series of reforms that, if enacted, would bring the law and lived experience more in line, yet still remain respectful of the need to protect the civil rights of all workers.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484007003321

Autore

Morel Fabien

Titolo

A1-algebraic topology over a field / / Fabien Morel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer, c2012

ISBN

3-642-29514-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 259 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics ; ; 2052

Disciplina

514.24

Soggetti

Algebraic topology

Homotopy theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Unramified sheaves and strongly A1-invariant sheaves -- 3 Unramified Milnor-Witt K-theories -- 4 Geometric versus canonical transfers -- 5 The Rost-Schmid complex of a strongly A1-invariant sheaf -- 6 A1-homotopy sheaves and A1-homology sheaves -- 7 A1-coverings -- 8 A1-homotopy and algebraic vector bundles -- 9 The affine B.G. property for the linear groups and the Grassmanian.

Sommario/riassunto

This text deals with A1-homotopy theory over a base field, i.e., with the natural homotopy theory associated to the category of smooth varieties over a field in which the affine line is imposed to be contractible. It is a natural sequel to the foundational paper on A1-homotopy theory written together with V. Voevodsky. Inspired by classical results in algebraic topology, we present new techniques, new results and applications related to the properties and computations of A1-homotopy sheaves, A1-homology sheaves, and sheaves with



generalized transfers, as well as to algebraic vector bundles over affine smooth varieties.

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00073411

Titolo

Contemporary Egypt : through Egyptian eyes : Essays in honour of Professor P. J. Vatikiotis / Edited by Charles Tripp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

04-15-06103-2

Descrizione fisica

x, 156 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

962.05

Soggetti

Egitto - Storia - 1928-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia