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Who gets the good jobs? : combating race and gender disparities /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherry, Robert D., 1944-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Discrimination in employment > United States.
Sex discrimination in employment > United States.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Deciding who gets the good jobs : an overview
  • The profit motive : how it can benefit the powerless
  • It's not personal : when hiring the best worker isn't profitable
  • Race before class : Jim Crow employment practices
  • Gender before class : patriarchy, capitalism, and family
  • The immigration controversy : who wins and who loses?
  • The rise of working women : race, class, and gender matters
  • Jobs for black men : missing in action
  • Employment and ownership disparities : what should the government do?
  • New harmony, not religious wars : how to promote diversity at elite universities
  • Setting policy priorities : what works best politically?