The Face of Discrimination: How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives

Roscigno (sociology, Ohio State U.) documents the forms, character, and implications of race and gender discrimination in housing and the workplace, based on data from all employment and housing discrimination suits filed in Ohio from 1988 through 2003. Coverage includes discriminatory forms and their manifestations within particular sectors of the economy; the disjuncture between racial discriminatory treatment and employer justifications; sexual harassment at work; variations in the discriminatory experience across public and private sector workers, and in workplaces of varying gender and racial composition; the possibility that gender, race, and social class intersect in ways that make experiences and processes of discrimination unique; forms of housing discrimination, their prevalence, and how racial/ethnic minorities are impacted, and how these relations vary by residential setting; and how housing discrimination is often rooted in sex and familial status. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Vincent J. Roscigno is a Professor of Sociology at the Ohio State University. His research focuses on historical and contemporary issues of social stratification, institutions, education and work, and collective mobilization. He is currently co-editor (with Randy Hodson) of the American Sociological Review.