Taking Employment Discrimination Seriously: Chinese and European Perspectives

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17717-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Employment discrimination is present in any society. However, this severe social problem has escalated in the post-Mao era in China. The imbalance between supply and demand in the labour market, combined with a lack of general consciousness regarding labour rights, have contributed to the swift spread of discrimination. This book contains the most recent research on the reality of discrimination in China, and advocates for effective employment equality protection through law and specialised equality institutions. The study of equal treatment in the legal systems of the EU illustrates the important contribution law, together with general policies, can make to the improvement of equality in employment. While both systems face a distinctive range and degree of problems, employment discrimination ought to be taken seriously in China and the countries of the EU.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Yuwen

Goldschmidt, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Arbeits- und Sozialrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

PART 1 – CHINESE ANALYSIS

1. An Analysis of Employment Discrimination in China’s Economic and Social Transition
Yuwen Li
2. A Research Report on Health Discrimination in Employment
Liu Yang
3. Disability Discrimination in Employment
Ma Yu’e
4. A Study of Current Employment Discrimination against Women
Wang Xinyu
5. Identity Discrimination in Employment - Household Registration and Regional Origin
Yao Guojian
6. A Survey of Employment Discrimination in Ten Major Cities in China
Constitutionalism Research Institute
China University of Political Science and Law

PART 2 – EUROPEAN ANALYSIS

7. EU Anti-Discrimination Law: Historical Development and Main Concepts
Susanne Burri
8. Anti-discrimination law in the Netherlands: Normative System and Institutional Structure
Jenny Goldschmidt
9. Austrian Law and Practice Regarding Anti-Discrimination in Employment
Ingrid Nikolay-Leitner
10. Comparative Study on Positive Action in law and Practice
Colm O’Cinneide

Über Autor(innen)

Yuwen Li, Ph.D (1994) in international law, Utrecht University, is Associate Professor of Chinese Law at Utrecht University. Her publications cover a wide range of topics concerning the judicial system, development of NGOs, and the legal profession in China.

Jenny E. Goldschmidt, Ph.D (1981) in law, Leiden University, is Professor in Human Rights Law and Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University. She has published mostly on legal pluralism, equality and non-discrimination.