{"product_id":"rights-at-work-pay-equity-reform-and-the-politics-of-legal-mobilization-paperback","title":"Rights at Work: Pay Equity Reform and the Politics of Legal Mobilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael W. McCann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat role has litigation played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men? In \u003ci\u003eRights at Work, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael W. McCann explains how wage discrimination battles have raised public legal consciousness and helped reform activists mobilize working women in the pay equity movement over the past two decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRights at Work\u003c\/i\u003e explores the political strategies in more than a dozen pay equity struggles since the late 1970s, including battles of state employees in Washington and Connecticut, as well as city employees in San Jose and Los Angeles. Relying on interviews with over 140 union and feminist activists, McCann shows that, even when the courts failed to correct wage discrimination, litigation and other forms of legal advocacy provided reformers with the legal discourse--the understanding of legal rights and their constraints--for defining and advancing their cause. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRights at Work\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insight into the relation between law and social change--the ways in which grass roots social movements work within legal rights traditions to promote progressive reform.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael W. McCann\u003c\/b\u003e is chair and professor in the department of political science at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTaking Reform Seriously: Perspectives on Public Interest Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.05 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039042015312,"sku":"9780226555720","price":89.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bVNYY1ZqN2ozRDRwdVZqc0NYekozZz09.webp?v=1771841268","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/rights-at-work-pay-equity-reform-and-the-politics-of-legal-mobilization-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}