Systemic Discrimination in Employment and the Promotion of Ethnic Equality

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15462-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 91, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

Reihe: International Studies in Human Rights

This book argues that traditional complaint-based antidiscrimination laws are inherently inadequate to respond to systemic discrimination in employment. It examines the mechanisms and characteristics of systemic discrimination and the shortcomings of complaint-based laws. Yet these characteristics can also inform employers and government authorities of the kinds of preventive action that help alleviate systemic discrimination at the workplace.

In its search for a rational government policy response to systemic discrimination, the book evaluates selected legal regimes which impose proactive obligations on employers to promote equality at the workplace. Proactive regimes are regulatory in nature, rather than adjudicatory. They induce employer compliance through technical assistance, dialogue and regulatory pressure, rather than court orders. By examining the key elements of these regimes the author explains why some proactive regimes function better than others, and why proactive regimes function better than complaint-based laws in addressing systemic discrimination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Craig, Ronald

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction;
Part I:
2. The Concept of Discrimination;
3. Systemic Discrimination in Employment;
4. The Limits of Complaint-Based Approaches in Addressing Systemic Discrimination in Employment;
5. Ethnic Equality in Employment;
Part II:
6. Proactive Obligations to Promote Equality in Employment: An Introduction;
7. Statutory-Based Proactive Obligations to Promote Equality in Employment: Five Approaches;
8. Contract-Based Proactive Obligations to Promote Equality in Employment: Four Approaches;
9. A Rational Government Policy Response to Systemic Ethnic Discrimination in Employment;
10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald Craig is a researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, which is a part of the Law Faculty at the University of Oslo. Dr. Craig has his legal education from both the USA and Norway.