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oapen-20.500.12657-328232021-11-04T14:12:15Z Discrimination at Work: Comparing European, French, and American Law Mercat-Bruns, Marie employment european law french law discrimination american law law and legislation labor Anti-discrimination law Disability Disparate impact France United States bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAM Comparative law bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAQ Law & society bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law How do the United States and France differ in laws and attitudes concerning discrimination at work? Franco-American scholar Marie Mercat-Bruns interviews prominent legal scholars to demonstrate how these two post-industrial democracies have adopted divergent strategies. Whereas employers in the United States and France rarely discriminate openly, deep systemic discrimination exists in both countries, each with a unique history of dealing with difference. Powerful and incisive, the book examines hot-button issues such as racial and religious bias, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and equality for LGBT individuals, highlighting comparisons that will further discussions on social equality and fundamental human rights across borders. 2016-03-08 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:19:49Z 2020-04-01T14:19:49Z 2016 book 604353 OCN: 948691879 9780520959583 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32823 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 604353.pdf https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.11 University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.11 10.1525/luminos.11 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b 9780520959583 386 Oakland, California open access
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How do the United States and France differ in laws and attitudes concerning discrimination at work? Franco-American scholar Marie Mercat-Bruns interviews prominent legal scholars to demonstrate how these two post-industrial democracies have adopted divergent strategies. Whereas employers in the United States and France rarely discriminate openly, deep systemic discrimination exists in both countries, each with a unique history of dealing with difference. Powerful and incisive, the book examines hot-button issues such as racial and religious bias, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and equality for LGBT individuals, highlighting comparisons that will further discussions on social equality and fundamental human rights across borders.
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