The Resource Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace, Katherine Turk
Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace, Katherine Turk
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- Summary
- "In 1964, as part of its landmark Civil Rights Act, Congress outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of such personal attributes as sex, race, and religion. This provision, known as Title VII, laid a new legal foundation for women's rights at work. Though President Kennedy and other lawmakers expressed high hopes for Title VII, early attempts to enforce it were inconsistent. In the absence of a consensus definition of sex equality in the law or society, Title VII's practical meaning was far from certain. The first history to foreground Title VII's sex provision, Equality on Trial examines how the law's initial promise inspired a generation of Americans to dispatch expansive notions of sex equality. Imagining new solidarities and building a broad class politics, these workers and activists engaged Title VII to generate a pivotal battle over the terms of democracy and the role of the state in all labor relationships. But the law's ambiguity also allowed for narrow conceptions of sex equality to take hold. Conservatives found ways to bend Title VII's possible meanings to their benefit, discovering that a narrow definition of sex equality allowed businesses to comply with the law without transforming basic workplace structures or ceding power to workers. These contests to fix the meaning of sex equality ultimately laid the legal and cultural foundation for the neoliberal work regimes that enabled some women to break the glass ceiling as employers lowered the floor for everyone else. Synthesizing the histories of work, social movements, and civil rights in the postwar United States, Equality on Trial recovers the range of protagonists whose struggles forged the contemporary meanings of feminism, fairness, and labor rights"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 284 pages
- Contents
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- Notions of sex equality
- Defining sex discrimination
- Class and class action
- Feminism and workplace fairness
- Reevaluating women's work
- Sex equality and the service sector
- A man's world, but only for some
- Opting out or buying in
- Illusions of sex equality
- Isbn
- 9780812248203
- Label
- Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace
- Title
- Equality on trial
- Title remainder
- gender and rights in the modern American workplace
- Statement of responsibility
- Katherine Turk
- Subject
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- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States.
- Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1964, as part of its landmark Civil Rights Act, Congress outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of such personal attributes as sex, race, and religion. This provision, known as Title VII, laid a new legal foundation for women's rights at work. Though President Kennedy and other lawmakers expressed high hopes for Title VII, early attempts to enforce it were inconsistent. In the absence of a consensus definition of sex equality in the law or society, Title VII's practical meaning was far from certain. The first history to foreground Title VII's sex provision, Equality on Trial examines how the law's initial promise inspired a generation of Americans to dispatch expansive notions of sex equality. Imagining new solidarities and building a broad class politics, these workers and activists engaged Title VII to generate a pivotal battle over the terms of democracy and the role of the state in all labor relationships. But the law's ambiguity also allowed for narrow conceptions of sex equality to take hold. Conservatives found ways to bend Title VII's possible meanings to their benefit, discovering that a narrow definition of sex equality allowed businesses to comply with the law without transforming basic workplace structures or ceding power to workers. These contests to fix the meaning of sex equality ultimately laid the legal and cultural foundation for the neoliberal work regimes that enabled some women to break the glass ceiling as employers lowered the floor for everyone else. Synthesizing the histories of work, social movements, and civil rights in the postwar United States, Equality on Trial recovers the range of protagonists whose struggles forged the contemporary meanings of feminism, fairness, and labor rights"--
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- Turk, Katherine
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Politics and culture in modern America
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States.
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Sex discrimination against women
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Sex discrimination against women
- Label
- Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace, Katherine Turk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-272) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Notions of sex equality -- Defining sex discrimination -- Class and class action -- Feminism and workplace fairness -- Reevaluating women's work -- Sex equality and the service sector -- A man's world, but only for some -- Opting out or buying in -- Illusions of sex equality
- Control code
- FIEb17851464
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812248203
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930010182
- Label
- Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace, Katherine Turk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-272) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Notions of sex equality -- Defining sex discrimination -- Class and class action -- Feminism and workplace fairness -- Reevaluating women's work -- Sex equality and the service sector -- A man's world, but only for some -- Opting out or buying in -- Illusions of sex equality
- Control code
- FIEb17851464
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812248203
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930010182
Subject
- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States.
- Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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