Equal in Law, Unequal in Fact

Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and the Legal Response Thereto in Europe
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21705-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 868 g

Reihe: The Erik Castrén Institute Monographs on International Law and Human Rights

An intriguing paradox characterises international and European action against discrimination. On the one hand, equality and the right to non-discrimination are key human rights and protected by an impressive line of legal documents. On the other hand, empirical studies show that discrimination is still rampant today. This book maps the gap between the rights and the reality, and examines the causes, consequences and extent of discrimination in Europe today as well as the international and European legal response to it. On the basis of this analysis, the study explains why anti-discrimination law fails to deliver, and what can be done about it. The result is of interest to scholars, students, civil society, politicians and anyone interested in equality and making it a reality.

Zielgruppe

Scholars, students, libraries, politicians and anyone interested in any of the following genres: equality law, ethnic discrimination, race studies or socio-legal studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Makkonen, Timo

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Öffentliches Recht (inkl. EMRK)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Excerpt of table of contents:
Acknowledgements;Contents;Abbreviations;
1 Introduction;
2 Diversity: Empirical and theoretical perspectives;
3 Discrimination and equality: Theoretical perspectives;
4 Discrimination: Empirical perspectives;
5 Anti-discrimination law: Preliminary issues;
6 International human rights law;
7 European Union law;
8 Assessment;
9 Rethinking the response;
10 Collection of equality data;
11 Positive action;
12 Positive duties;
13 Enforcement;
Table of cases; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Makkonen, Timo
Timo Makkonen, Doctor of Laws (2010), University of Helsinki. He has fifteen years of practical experience from working with equality issues in the public, private and non-profit sectors, and has published extensively on equality, non-discrimination and minority rights.