Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law
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Reprinted in Paul Burstein (ed.), Equal Employment Opportunity: Labor Market Discrimination and Public Policy, New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
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- Authors
- Edelman, L. B.
- Corresponding author
- Edelman, Lauren B.
- Venue
- American Journal of Sociology
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1992-05
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1531-1576
- ISSN
- 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5390
- OpenAlex
- W2064503570
- Cited by
- 1,584
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 88.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Berkley Law Scholarship Repository (University of California, Berkeley) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Discrimination and Equality Law
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Keywords
- legal ambiguity, symbolic structures, organizational mediation, civil rights legislation, equal employment opportunity, labor market discrimination, public policy, employment discrimination
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