Bodies in Contempt: A Mixed Methods Study of Federal ADA Employment Cases

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dc.contributor.authorDick-Mosher, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.committeechairCalasanti, Toni M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSmith, Barbara Ellenen
dc.contributor.committeememberOvink, Sarahen
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-13T19:43:40Zen
dc.date.adate2014-01-09en
dc.date.available2017-06-13T19:43:40Zen
dc.date.issued2013-12-10en
dc.date.rdate2014-01-09en
dc.date.sdate2013-12-15en
dc.description.abstractThis paper draws on theories of gendered organizations to examine discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace. A sample of 200 cases which document disability discrimination lawsuits was drawn from the Westlaw legal database. Each case was coded for gender, job, disability and discrimination type and analyzed using multinomial logistic models. Of those 200 cases, 34 were selected for in depth qualitative analysis. This study finds that disability type and gender do have an influence on the type of discrimination someone is likely to experience. In addition, the qualitative analysis finds that the social processes of discrimination differ based on job type and gender pointing to intersections of disability and class as well as gender and disability.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12152013-151947en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12152013-151947/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78060en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectemployment discriminationen
dc.subjectADAen
dc.subjectintersectionalityen
dc.titleBodies in Contempt: A Mixed Methods Study of Federal ADA Employment Casesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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