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Fighting Discrimination in Europe The Case for a Race-Conscious Approach

168 Pages

by Routledge

168 Pages

by Routledge

168 Pages

by Routledge

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The member states of the EU have only very recently begun to consider race and racism in the framework of equality legislation and policies. As opposed to an established Anglo-Saxon tradition of naming races and using racial categorisation to fight racism, most continental European countries resist this approach. This book investigates the problematic reception and elaboration of race as a... Read more

1. Introduction: How does race ‘count’ in fighting racial and ethnic discrimination in Europe? Mathias Möschel, Costanza Hermanin and Michele Grigolo

2. Race in mainland European legal analysis: towards a European critical race theory Mathias Möschel

3. The paradox of decategorization: deinstitutionalizing race through race-based affirmative action in the United States Daniel Sabbagh

4. Ethnic categories and European human rights law Julie Ringelheim

5. The discrimination discourse in relation to the Roma: its limits and benefits Emanuela Ignăţoiu-Sora

6. Data on discrimination in EU countries: statistics, research and the drive for comparability John Wrench

7. ‘Counts’ in the Italian ‘nomad camps’: an incautious ethnic census of Roma Costanza Hermanin

8. Incorporating cities into the EU anti-discrimination policy: between race discrimination and migrant rights Michele Grigolo

9. Conclusion: Rethinking the fight against discrimination: the case for a race-conscious approach Mathias Möschel, Costanza Hermanin and Michele Grigolo