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What is sexual harassment? : from Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne / Abigail C. Saguy.
LIBRA KF3467 .S24 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saguy, Abigail Cope, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual harassment--Law and legislation--United States.
- Sexual harassment.
- Sexual harassment--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Sexual harassment--Law and legislation--France.
- Sexual harassment--United States.
- Sexual harassment--France.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Drawing on original research, including legal analysis and interviews with scores of lawyers, human resource personnel, union activists, feminist activists, and public figures, this book demonstrates that different legal, political, and cultural traditions and institutional arrangements have led to distinct conceptions of sexual harassment in the US and France.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the making of a concept
- Sexual harassment law on the books : opportunity loss v. violence
- Sexual harassment law in action : legitimacy and liability
- Sexual harassment in the press : national scandal, pride, or superiority?
- Discrimination, violence, professionalism, and the bottom line : how interview respondents frame sexual harassment
- Conclusion : institutions, framing, and political power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520237404
- 0520237412
- OCLC:
- 50982344
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