Inventing equal opportunity / Frank Dobbin.

Author/creator Dobbin, Frank
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionx, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Discrimination in employment--United States.
Affirmative action programs--United States.
Diversity in the workplace--United States.
Sexual harassment of women--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Personnel management--United States.

Contents Regulating discrimination: the paradox of a weak state -- Washington outlaws discrimination with a broad brush -- The end of Jim Crow: the personnel arsenal put to new purposes -- Washington means business: personnel experts fashion a system of compliance -- Fighting bias with bureaucracy -- The Reagan revolution and the rise of diversity management -- The feminization of HR and work-family programs -- Sexual harassment as employment discrimination -- How personnel defined equal opportunity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008039007
ISBN9780691137438 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691137439 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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