Affirmative Action: A Reference Handbook [Library Binding]

Lynne Eisaguirre (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0874368545 | ISBN-13: 978-0874368543 | Edition: annotated edition

In Affirmative Action: A Reference Handbook, recent events such as the end of affirmative action in California are examined along with their implications for employees and employers, public contracting, and education. The coverage details the roles of the women's and civil rights movements in shaping affirmative action policies, analyzes major laws and court cases, and profiles key proponents and critics.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 223 pages
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO; annotated edition edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874368545
• ISBN-13: 978-0874368543
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,326,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynne Eisaguirre is the author of Stop Pissing Me Off! What to Do When the People You Work With Drive You Crazy, The Power of a Good Fight: How to Embrace Conflict to Drive Creativity, Productivity and Innovation and two other books on diversity and harassment. She has presented speeches and seminars to hundreds of organizations across the United States and Canada, including Harley-Davidson, Southwest Airlines, Bristol Myers Squibb, CH2M Hill, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and Coors.

Her company, Workplaces That Work, provides consulting, speaking and training in the areas of leadership, conflict management and negotiation, employee retention, diversity and harassment. She regularly appears as a workplace expert on CNN Headline News, and has been interviewed as an expert in U.S. News and World Reports, The San Francisco Chronicle ABC News, Bloomberg TV and many other media sources.