Race, Gender, and Discrimination at Work (Foundation of Social Inquiry)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780813332024
Subjects: Equal opportunities; Racism & racial discrimination; Sex discrimination; Work & labour; Sociology; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Ethnic Studies - General; Gender Studies; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; Race discrimination; Sex discrimination in employment; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science-Gender Studies; Discrimination & Racism
First sentence: This book is about race and gender discrimination at work.
Description: "The early chapters of this book provide a description of the historical and current state of race and gender inequality and explain how employers persist in seemingly irrational actions even in the face of more profitable alternatives.

The book then turns to an introduction of the five primary social and economic theories of wages - marginal productivity theory, human capital theory, dual sector theory, union strength theory, and internal labor market theory - followed by a review of the implications for pay differentials between blacks and whites. The book concludes with a review of the trends and causes of white male exclusionary attitudes toward blacks and women."--BOOK JACKET.