The authors identify 4 major challenges to i mplementing policies designed to curtail sexual harassment i n the workplace. They suggest ways in which the system could be improved and analyse a wide range of case studies and su rvey data. '
The authors identify 4 major challenges to i mplementing policies designed to curtail sexual harassment i n the workplace. They suggest ways in which the system could be improved and analyse a wide range of case studies and su rvey data. '
Fred C Pampel describes how age combines with other components of inequality by comparing the influence of group membership on social inequality before and after the life course transition to old age. He looks at the differences in public policy and how age inequality - more than the other sources of inequality - relates closely to government policies and studies other societies in which both age group differences and overall inequality differ from those in the United States. Pampel makes comparison of the United States with other nations a central component of the book, providing greater understanding of the larger forces that shape old age.
Race does not speak to most white people. This title demonstrates transparency phenomenon - the invisibility of whiteness to white people - profoundly affects the ways in whites make decisions: they rely on criteria perceived by the decisionmaker as race-neutral but which in fact reflect white, race-specific norms.
Understanding Prejudice against Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals
This timely and accessible contribution towards a deeper understanding of homophobia provides much-needed insight into the issue of prejudice in general. Topics discussed include: the nature of antigay prejudice, stereotypes and behaviours; the consequences of homophobia and related phenomena on the well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals; and the critical need for psychology and science to confront homophobia and related issues.
Discrimination Against Women examines the fr equency at which women experience discrimination, what the p hysical and mental health consequences are and how this can be measured. The book is based partly on data from studying a large sample of women. '
Affirmative Strategies for Principals and Teachers
The social reality of discrimination in schools is examined in this volume. Through extensive interviews conducted in four inner-city schools in the United States, Louis F Mir[ac]on identifies two forms of discrimination - racial and academic. He then presents positive strategies designed for administrative leaders to eradicate the problem of discrimination from their schools.
At the heart of their deals was a clear race-conscious intent to place the interests of whites above those of blacks. In this provocative and important book, the author combines two histories - America's and his own - to offer a compelling defense of affirmative action.
