04457nam 2200757 a 450 991081494960332120200520144314.00-511-08781-01-107-11482-90-511-01960-21-280-43220-90-511-17303-20-511-15198-50-511-32328-X0-511-49934-50-511-05041-02027/heb31534(CKB)111056485648244(EBL)201952(OCoLC)171122414(SSID)ssj0000191107(PQKBManifestationID)11215795(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191107(PQKBWorkID)10201422(PQKB)10430997(UkCbUP)CR9780511499340(Au-PeEL)EBL201952(CaPaEBR)ebr2000773(CaONFJC)MIL43220(MiAaPQ)EBC201952(dli)HEB31534(MiU)MIU01000000000000012934550(PPN)183064038(EXLCZ)9911105648564824419980724d1999 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLegalizing gender inequality courts, markets, and unequal pay for women in America /Robert L. Nelson, William P. Bridges1st ed.Cambridge [England] ;New York Cambridge University Press19991 online resource (xvi, 393 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Structural analysis in the social sciences ;16Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-62750-8 0-521-62169-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-384) and index.Law, markets, and the institutional construction of gender inequality in pay -- pt. 1. Theory and method. Legal theories of sex-based pay discrimination. Toward an organizational theory of gender inequality in pay. Methodological approach: law cases, case studies, and critical empiricism -- pt. 2a. The case studies: public sector organizations. Paternalism and politics in a university pay system: Christensen v. State of Iowa. Bureaucratic politics and gender inequality in a state pay system: AFSCME v. State of Washington -- pt. 2b. The case studies: private sector organizations. Corporate politics, rationalization, and managerial discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. The financial institution as a male, profit-making club: Glass v. Coastal Bank -- pt. 3. Conclusion: legalizing gender inequality. Rethinking the relationship between law, markets, and gender inequality in organizations -- Appendix: court documents and case materials used in case studies.Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender inequality within economic, sociological, and legal organizations. 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 female jobs by denying them power in organizational politics and by reproducing male cultural advantages. These findings contradict major legal precedents which have argued that labor markets and not employers are the source of inequality. The authors further argue that comparable worth is an inappropriate remedy, as such an approach misdiagnoses the causes of gender inequality and often falls prey to the same organizational processes that initially generated this differential. The book argues that the courts have, by uncritically accepting the market explanation for male-female wage disparity, tended to legitimate and to legalize a crucial dimension of gender inequality in American society.Structural analysis in the social sciences ;16.Pay equityLaw and legislationUnited StatesPay equityUnited StatesPay equityLaw and legislationPay equity331.2/153/0973Nelson Robert L.1952-885671Bridges William P233MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814949603321Legalizing gender inequality4190540UNINA