Understanding Equal Opportunities and Diversity: The Social Differentiations and Intersections of Inequality

by Barbara Bagilhole

Book Overview

This is a seminal time for Equal Opportunities and Diversity (EO&D) in the UK: the three existing Equality Commissions have been amalgamated into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and a new Single Equality Act was published in 2010. The concepts of EO&D now incorporate gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion and belief and age inequalities. For the future, the problems of separate and relative deprivation, and conflicting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861348487
• ISBN13: 9781861348487
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.6"