Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 334 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
081663999X
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0816639981
Series Statement:
Social movements, protest, and contention v. 20
Content:
A long-overdue study, Nicole Raeburn's analysis focuses on the mobilization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employee networks over the past fifteen years to win domestic partner benefits in Fortune 1000 companies.Raeburn reveals the impact of the larger social and political environment on corporations' openness to gay-inclusive policies, and what strategies have been most effective in transforming corporate practices
Note:
Data gathered from Fortune 1000 companies
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Based on the author's doctoral thesis, State University of Ohio, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Corporations as the New Frontier for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights; 1. The Rise of the Corporate Workplace Movement; 2. The Slowdown in New Corporate Organizing; 3. Building and Benefiting from the Movement; 4. Winds of Change outside Corporate Walls: External Factors Influence Gay-Inclusive Policies; 5. Corporate Windows of Opportunity: The Impact of Internal Factors on Gay- Inclusive Policies; 6. Changing the Corporation from Inside Out: The Power of Employee Activism; Conclusion: Movement Success, Theoretical and Practical
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Appendix: The Birth of Gay Employee Networks and the Adoption of Domestic Partner BenefitsWorks Cited; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816639984
Additional Edition:
Print version Changing Corporate America from Inside Out : Lesbian and Gay Workplace Rights
Language:
English
URL:
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