European Union Non-Discrimination Law and Intersectionality : Investigating the Triangle of Racial, Gender and Disability Discrimination /

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Imprint:Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11277764
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Other authors / contributors:Schiek, Dagmar.
Lawson, Anna.
ISBN:9780754699477
0754699471
9780754679806
0754679802
1317139216
9781317139218
1317139208
9781317139201
1283015099
9781283015097
9786613015099
6613015091
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-315) and index.
English.
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Summary:The book is focused on intersectionality between gender, race and disability and the question of whether, and to what extent, this intersection can be adequately addressed in (EU) law. The discussion rests on two basic assumptions. First, the multiplication of 'discrimination grounds' in EU law and other legal regimes should not result in a dilution of the demands of equality law. Accordingly, the book focuses on the three key grounds 'race, gender and disability. These constitute nodes around which other discrimination grounds can be grouped. Second, any multi-ground non-discrimination law framework needs to engage with the question of discrimination on several grounds. This book provides a critical evaluation of some of the problems presented by such intersectionality and an opportunity to explore the issues in depth. This collection offers some new proposals relating to the regrouping of identity categories and to the general approach to socio-legal research in the field. It also contains a comparative section, which expands on practical experiences with intersectionality and law, and a section dedicated to juridical responses to intersectionality. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and those working in the area of EU non-discrimination law and policy.
Other form:Print version: European Union non-discrimination law and intersectionality. Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2011 9780754679806

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