Legislating Equality - The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe

Legislating Equality describes the development of antidiscrimination policy through the lens of European integration. Through examining the development of discourses around anti-racism and historical developments in the 1980s, the book explains the role the key players who moved the legislation forward at the EU level.

List of contents

• 1: Antidiscrimination policy in an integrating Europe


• 2: Analyzing Discourses


• 3: The Development of Racial Antidiscrimination Policy at the National Level


• 4: The Road to Amsterdam, Paved with Whose Intentions?


• 5: From Discourses to Institutionalization: The Racial Equality Directive


• 6: The Politics of Transposition in Britain, France, and Germany


• 7: Retrenchment


• 8: Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Terri E. Givens' research interests include immigration politics in Europe and the U.S., immigrant integration, and the politics of race in Europe. She has received support for her research from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the German Marshall Fund, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at the University of Texas at Austin.

Rhonda Evans Case's research interests include law and society, constitutional law and politics, and human rights. She is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science East Carolina University and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

Legislating Equality describes the development of antidiscrimination policy through the lens of European integration. Through examining the development of discourses around anti-racism and historical developments in the 1980s, the book explains the role the key players who moved the legislation forward at the EU level.

Product details

• Authors: Rhonda Evans Case, Rhonda Evans Case, Rhonda (Associate Professor; Adjunct Associate Professor Evans Case, Terri E Givens, Terri E. Givens, Terri E. (Associate Professor Givens, Terri E. Case Givens, Givens Terri E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9780198709015
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870901-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Social discrimination & inequality, Comparative Politics, EU (European Union), International institutions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, EU & European institutions, Social discrimination and social justice