The Race for Equality, But How Do We Remove the Hurdles? Affirmative Action Lessons for the U.K. from Canada

The new Equality Bill in the UK attempts to bring domestic law regarding positive action into line with EU norms. The author addresses two key criticisms of the provisions, namely: a) that they allow positive discrimination; and b) that they will be ineffective in practice. It is argued that the f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawkins, Charlene
Other Authors: Langille, Brian A.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18338