Author: Samuel Luca
Publisher: Temple University Pre
Keywords: discrimination, united, states, prejudice, contested, era, theorizing
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-08-28
List price: $64.50
ISBN-10: 1592139124
ISBN-13: 9781592139125

Book DescriptionDespite several decades of attention, there is still no consensus on the effects of racial or sexual discrimination in the United States. In this landmark work, the well-known sociologist Samuel Lucas shows how discrimination is not simply an action that one person performs in relation to another individual, but something far more insidious: a pervasive dynamic that permeates the environment in which we live and work. Challenging existing literature on the subject, Lucas makes a clear distinction between prejudice and discrimination. He maintains that when an era of “cond

Author: J. Ralph Lindgren
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: discrimination, sex, law
Number of Pages: 564
Published: 1993-11-01
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 0314027084
ISBN-13: 9780314027085

This book is designed to serve as a text for undergraduate courses concerned with sex discrimination law in the U.S. The authors approach the idea of using law to combat sex discrimination from a variety of contexts; for example, as an occasion for ideological disputes, as a reflection of contemporary policy debates over the future direction of society, or as part of the historical development (and response to) feminism. Throughout, the authors provide legal materials in a form that affords instructors the flexibility to adapt the text to the needs of their course. Pedagogical elements include

Author: Scott Plou
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Language
Keywords: discrimination, prejudice, understanding
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2002-10-22
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0072554436
ISBN-13: 9780072554434

This anthology, edited by Scott Plous, can be used as a main text or supplementary text for courses on prejudice, discrimination, and diversity. It includes a unique collection of readings edited, adapted, or updated specifically for this anthology -- some of which have never been published before. Interdisciplinary in scope and wide-ranging in approach, the anthology combines research articles, opinion polls, legal decisions, news reports, personal narratives, and more. Several readings come from people on the receiving end of prejudice (often referred to as "targets" of prejudice), whereas o

Author: Bradley R Schiller
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: discrimination, poverty, economics
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-07-21
List price: $93.33
ISBN-10: 0131889699
ISBN-13: 9780131889699

For the past twenty years this book has been distinguished by its relevant coverage, tight organization, multidisciplinary perspective, and timeliness. The tenth edition preserves these qualities while incorporating new reference material. A three-part organization covers the dimensions of poverty and inequality, causes of poverty, and policy options. For social workers, welfare professionals, and job counselors. � �

Author: Alice C L Lam
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reform, discrimination, management, japanese, women
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1992-10-22
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 0415063353
ISBN-13: 9780415063357

Women and Japanese Management examines research on the Japanese employment system with an emphasis on issues of women’s equality. Alice C. L. Lam provides a detailed analysis of the position of women in the labor market in contemporary Japan, explaining why Japanese women workers experience more extreme forms of discrimination than their counterparts in the West. She examines how growing pressure for equal opportunity has caused Japanese companies to adapt their employment and personnel management practices in recent years, with particular emphasis on the 1986 Equal Employment Opportunit

Author: Don Middleto
Publisher: PowerKids Pre
Keywords: library, resolution, conflict, discrimination, dealing
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-08-01
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 0823952703
ISBN-13: 9780823952700

Discusses discrimination on both the general and individual levels and provides advice on dealing with and ending it.

Author: Carole Osterink
Publisher: Scholastic
Keywords: phonics, fun, discrimination, visual, auditory
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1997-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0590764888
ISBN-13: 9780590764889