Equal Opportunities and Ethnic Inequality in European Labour Markets

Discrimination, Gender and Policies of Diversity

Karen Kraal, Judith Roosblad, John Wrench

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040791387
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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 diversity management present a lively discussion of the current scientific debate. Besides providing empirical evidence, the authors recommend methods for conducting further research in the field and evaluate the actual effects of discrimination-combating policies. One conclusion is that systematic analysis of the labour market and its subsequent equity policies must be supported by hard data, such as statistics. With its state-of-the-art scope and unique thematic exploration, this volume transfers knowledge from social science studies to a more operational realm. From here, both scholars and practitioners can help make equal opportunities more accessible than ever.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• 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