Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets, and Unequal Pay for Women in America.

List of figures and tables Acknowledgements 1. Law, markets, and the institutional construction of gender inequality in pay Part I. Theory and Method: 2. Legal theories of sex-based pay discrimination 3. Toward an organizational theory of gender inequality in pay 4. Methodological approach: law cases, case studies, and critical empiricism Part II. The Case Studies. Section A. Public Sector Organizations: 5. Paternalism and politics in a university pay system: Christensen v. State of Iowa 6. Bureaucratic politics and gender inequality in a state pay system: AFSCME v. State of Washington Section B. Private Sector Organizations: 7. Corporate politics, rationalization, and managerial discretion: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 8. The financial institution as a male, profit-making club: Glass v. Coastal Bank Part III. Conclusion: Legalizing Gender Inequality: 9. Rethinking the relationship between law, markets, and gender inequality in organizations Appendix: court documents and case materials used in case studies References Index.