Inside Affirmative Action: The Executive Order That Transformed America's Workforce
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis, 2018
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- Title
- Inside Affirmative Action: The Executive Order That Transformed America's Workforce
- Author
- Pedrick, Karin Williamson/ Scham, Sandra
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1138726990
- ISBN 13
- 9781138726994
- Item weight
- 0.43 kilograms
Affirmative action is still a reality of the American workplace. How is it that such a controversial Federal program has managed to endure for more than five decades? Inside Affirmative Action addresses this question.
Beyond the usual ideological debate and discussions about the effects of affirmative action for either good or ill upon issues of race and gender in employment, this book recounts and analyzes interviews with people who worked in the program within the government including political appointees. The interviews and their historical context provide understanding and insight into the policies and politics of affirmative action and its role in advancing civil rights in America.
Recent books published on affirmative action address university admissions, but very few of them ever mention Executive Order 11246 or its enforcement by an agency within the Department of Labor - let alone discuss in depth the profound workplace diversity it has created or the employment opportunities it has generated. This book charts that history through the eyes of those who experienced it. Inside Affirmative Action will be of interest to those who study American race relations, policy, history and law.
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About the Author
Karin Williamson Pedrick has broad experience enforcing federal laws and regulations at the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Her career includes 35 years at the Department of Labor - 7 years working at the Employment and Training Administration in the Labor Certification Program, 4 years at the Wage and Hour Division enforcing the Equal Pay Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; 24 years at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs enforcing several discrimination laws and Executive Order 11246, which prohibits employment discrimination and requires contractors to take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity; and 7 years at EEOC where she was the Executive Assistant to the Chair for five years and Deputy Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs for 2 years. EEOC enforces several federal employment discrimination laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ms. Pedrick has a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Sandra Arnold Scham is a consultant to the United States Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development on social science research and counter extremism. Before pursuing her PhD, she worked for the government in the field of equal employment opportunity and labor law for twenty-five years. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and has held research, teaching and editorial posts at Stanford University, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Maryland. She is the co-editor of an academic journal and has been an editor and contributing editor for two other academic journals. She is widely published in the fields of anthropology, cultural heritage and international development.
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