11.237 / SP.660 Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy, Spring 2005
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11-237-spring-2005/contents/index.htm
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Author(s)
McDowell, Ceasar
Fried, Mindy
Alternative Title
Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
This course provides an analytic framework for understanding the roles that gender and race play in defining the work worlds of women and men in our society, including ways in which gender intersects with race and class. The course examines specific workplace-related policies through a gender/race lens, including welfare policy, comparable worth, affirmative action, parental leave policy, child care policy and working time policies. Students are required to investigate ways in which these policies address gender and racial inequities, and think critically about mechanisms for change.
Subjects
gender
race
work
equity
child care
education
affirmative action
public policy
family
class
poverty
government
structural inequity
labor
economics
market
workplace
comparable worth
politics
11.237
SP.660
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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