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UNINA9910783293803321 |
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Saguy Abigail Cope <1970-> |
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Titolo |
What is sexual harassment? [[electronic resource] ] : from Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne / / Abigail C. Saguy |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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9786612762840 |
1-282-76284-2 |
0-520-93697-3 |
1-59734-996-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sexual harassment - Law and legislation - United States |
Sexual harassment - Law and legislation - France |
Sexual harassment - United States |
Sexual harassment - France |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the making of a concept -- Sexual harassment law on the books : opportunity loss v. violence -- Sexual harassment law in action : legitimacy and liability -- Sexual harassment in the press : national scandal, pride, or superiority? -- Discrimination, violence, professionalism, and the bottom line : how interview respondents frame sexual harassment -- Conclusion : institutions, framing, and political power. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. By contrast, many universities and corporations in the United States prohibit sexual relationships across hierarchical lines and sometimes among coworkers, arguing that these liaisons should have no place in the workplace. In this age of globalization, how do cultural and legal nuances translate? And when they differ, how are their subtleties and complexities understood? In comparing how sexual harassment-a concept that first emerged in 1975-has been defined |
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