1st Edition

Equal Opportunities and Ethnic Inequality in European Labour Markets Discrimination, Gender and Policies of Diversity

Edited By Karen Kraal, Judith Roosblad, John Wrench Copyright 2010
120 Pages
by Routledge

The need to analyse labour market mechanisms in post-industrial Western societies is urgent. Despite laws and policy measures being developed at the European, national and local levels, job-seeking immigrants and ethnic minorities still suffer unequal access and ethnic discrimination. This volume endeavours to understand why.,Four chapters dealing with discrimination, gender, equity policies and... Read more
Preface 1. The ideal of equal opportunities and the practice of unequal chances 2. Ethnic inequality and discrimination in the labour market 3. Migrant and minority women, inequalities and discrimination in the labour market 4. Employment equity policies in work organisations -5. Diversity management and the business case, List of contributors.

Biography

Karen Kraal is an anthropologist affiliated with the IMES and responsible for the communication and dissemination programme of IMISCOE.