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Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets, and Unequal Pay for Women in America.
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Women EmpowermentWomen's RightGender JusticeLawSocial SciencesBureaucracyGender DisparityGender StudiesTables Acknowledgements 1Unequal PayGender EqualityGender DiscriminationSocial InequalityFeminist EconomicsEmployment LawLabor RelationsFeminist TheorySociologyGender EconomicsGender JurisprudenceGender DivideLabor LawSocial JusticeCase Studies
List of figures and tables Acknowledgements 1. Law, markets, and the institutional construction of gender inequality in pay Part I. Theory and Method: 2. Legal theories of sex-based pay discrimination 3. Toward an organizational theory of gender inequality in pay 4. Methodological approach: law cases, case studies, and critical empiricism Part II. The Case Studies. Section A. Public Sector Organizations: 5. Paternalism and politics in a university pay system: Christensen v. State of Iowa 6. Bureaucratic politics and gender inequality in a state pay system: AFSCME v. State of Washington Section B. Private Sector Organizations: 7. Corporate politics, rationalization, and managerial discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 8. The financial institution as a male, profit-making club: Glass v. Coastal Bank Part III. Conclusion: Legalizing Gender Inequality: 9. Rethinking the relationship between law, markets, and gender inequality in organizations Appendix: court documents and case materials used in case studies References Index.