Hard work is not enough gender and racial inequality in an urban workspace / Katrinell M. Davis.

Author/creator Davis, Katrinell
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Descriptionxiii, 179 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects
Transport workers--California. --Alameda County. --Social conditions.
Race discrimination--California. --Alameda County.
Sex discrimination against women--California. --Alameda County.
African American women--Employment. --California. --Alameda County.
Work environment--California. --Alameda County.

Contents Concepts and methods: understanding opportunity shifts among transit operators in the post-affirmative action era -- From exclusion to selective inclusion: pre-1975 employment trends in the transit industry -- Open doors, segregated facilities: African American women's incorporation into AC Transit -- A rough ride: how worker-centered reforms, ambivalence, and declining conditions create work-life conflicts -- Drug tests and pencil whippings: the consequences of workplace discipline within AC Transit -- A house divided: the impact of persistent bias on low-skilled workers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016008487
ISBN9781469630472 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781469630489 (pbk : alk. paper)

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