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Hard work is not enough : gender and racial inequality in an urban workspace

Title
Hard work is not enough : gender and racial inequality in an urban workspace / Katrinell M. Davis.
Author
Davis, Katrinell
Publication
  • Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
xiii, 179 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc E 17-247
ISBN
  • 9781469630472
  • 1469630478
  • 9781469630489
  • 1469630486
LCCN
2016008487
OCLC
940455401
Author
Davis, Katrinell, author.
Title
Hard work is not enough : gender and racial inequality in an urban workspace / Katrinell M. Davis.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 17-247
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