You will be assessed on a paper that addresses the issues surrounding the passage of an important legislation on diversity in the United States.
You will be required to analyze the legislative history of this law ” The ADEA, 1967″ :
who introduced it and why, the debate in Congress and other details about the law’s passage (veto, bi-partisanship, etc., ?
what has happened since the law’s passage: organizational changes, court cases, citizens’ support and resistance, etc.?
Have amendments to the original law been made?
some reference you can use:
– Margaret s. Stockdale and Faye J. Crosby (Eds) The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
– The United States Statutes at Large
laws of congress.
– Congress and the Nation,
– congressional quarterly weekly report.