Divergent paths: Conflicting conceptions of employment discrimination in law and the social sciences

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-122

  Nelson, Robert L ^a,b   Berrey, Ellen C ^a,c   Nielsen, Laura Beth ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination litigation; Implicit bias; Organizations; Systemic discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649155868     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.1.041604.115934     Document Type: Article

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