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4. Washington Means Business

Personnel Experts Fashion a System of Compliance

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
1. Regulating Discrimination 1
2. Washington Outlaws Discrimination with a Broad Brush 22
3. The End of Jim Crow 41
4. Washington Means Business 75
5. Fighting Bias with Bureaucracy 101
6. The Reagan Revolution and the Rise of Diversity Management 133
7. The Feminization of HR and Work-Family Programs 161
8. Sexual Harassment as Employment Discrimination 190
9. How Personnel Defined Equal Opportunity 220
NOTES 235
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261
INDEX 289

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
1. Regulating Discrimination 1
2. Washington Outlaws Discrimination with a Broad Brush 22
3. The End of Jim Crow 41
4. Washington Means Business 75
5. Fighting Bias with Bureaucracy 101
6. The Reagan Revolution and the Rise of Diversity Management 133
7. The Feminization of HR and Work-Family Programs 161
8. Sexual Harassment as Employment Discrimination 190
9. How Personnel Defined Equal Opportunity 220
NOTES 235
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261
INDEX 289

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