Age Discrimination and Diversity - Multiple Discrimination From an Age Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Sargeant is Professor of Labour Law at Middlesex University Business School. Klappentext Malcolm Sargeant outlines why discrimination against older people results from a combination of age and other grounds of discrimination. Zusammenfassung By considering the unique combinations of discrimination that arise from the interrelationship of age and gender! pensions! ethnicity! sexual orientation! socio-economic class and disability! this volume of essays demonstrates that the discrimination suffered by older people is often multiple in nature and more complex than is often recognised. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Context Malcolm Sargeant; 2. Multiple discrimination Lynn Roseberry; 3. Older women in the workplace Diane Grant; 4. Women and disadvantage in modern pensions systems Athina Vlachantoni; 5. Age and ethnicity Karen Kobashi and Sharon Koehn; 6. Sexual orientation, gender identity and age Malcolm Sargeant; 7. Age and disability Mark Priestly; 8. Age and health/social care Jose Luis-Fernandez and Sara Allin; 9. Age and class Alexandra Lopes.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm Sargeant, Malcolm (Middlesex University Sargeant, Sargeant Malcolm
• Assisted by: Malcolm Sargeant (Editor), Malcolm (Middlesex University Sargeant (Editor), Sargeant Malcolm (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107003774
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00377-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Law, LAW / Labor & Employment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Employment & Labour Law, Social law and Medical law, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Discrimination in employment law