TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edelman, Lauren B.
TI  - Working Law: courts, corporations, and symbolic civil rights
SN  - 9780226400761
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Civil rights -- United States
KW  -  Discrimination in employment -- United States
KW  - Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
N2  - Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities remain underrepresented within the workplace as a whole and even more so when you look at high-level positions. They also tend to be less well paid. How is it that discrimination remains so prevalent in the American workplace despite the widespread adoption of policies designed to prevent it?
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