Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America
Based on case studies of four organizations that were sued for pay discrimination, Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender inequality within economic, sociological, and legal contexts. The book argues that male-female earnings differentials cannot be explained adequately by market forces, principles of efficiency, or society-wide sexism. Rather it suggests that employing organizations tend to disadvantage holders of predominantly female jobs by denying them power...
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Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender inequality within economic, sociological, and legal organization.
List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1Law, Markets, and the Institutional Construction of Gender Inequality in Pay1Pt. ITheory and Method2Legal Theories of Sex-Based Pay Discrimination253Toward an Organizational Theory of Gender Inequality in Pay534Methodological Approach: Law Cases, Case Studies, and Critical Empiricism101Pt. IIThe Case Studies5Paternalism and Politics in a University Pay System: Christensen v. State of Iowa1196Bureaucratic Politics and Gender Inequality in a State Pay System: AFSCME v. State of Washington1717Corporate Politics, Rationalization, and Managerial Discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co2058The Financial Institution as a Male, Profit-Making Club: Glass v. Coastal Bank244Pt. IIIConclusion: Legalizing Gender Inequality9Rethinking the Relationship between Law, Markets, and Gender Inequality in Organizations309AppCourt Documents and Case Materials Used in Case Studies365References371Index385
