Discrimination category: 2581 books
Discrimination by Default
How Racism Becomes Routine
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2006
Much as we “select” computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options—we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by default...
The Face of Discrimination
How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2007
Thousands of individuals are discriminated against each year due to their race or sex, even 40 years after the Civil Rights Act. The Face of Discrimination documents the forms, character, and implications of race and sex discrimination at work and in housing, drawing from archived discrimination suits...
by Hazel Conley
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Workplace discrimination is an experience that, despite four decades of equality legislation, continues to blight the lives of thousands every year. Discrimination persists on the protected grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment, as well...
Discrimination and Diversity
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
The growing presence of discrimination and isolation has caused negative changes to human interactions. With the ubiquity of these practices, there is now an increasingly urgent need to close this divide. Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a critical...
by Nostaple Limited
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
If a multinational employer fired you for having diabetes because you would be off sick a lot in the future, what would you do? This is a true story of discrimination in the workplace, one ordinary person against a multinational employer, multinational legal firm, barrister, appeal courts, countries...
by Nostaple Limited
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
If a multinational employer fired you for having diabetes because you would be off sick a lot in the future, what would you do? This is a true story of discrimination in the workplace, one ordinary person against a multinational employer, multinational legal firm, barrister, appeal courts, countries...
Extending Working Life for Older Workers
Age Discrimination Law, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The UK population is ageing rapidly. While age discrimination laws are seen as having broad potential to address the 'ageing challenge' and achieve instrumental and intrinsic objectives in the context of employment, it is unclear what impact they are having in practice. This monograph addresses two...
Redressing Everyday Discrimination
The Weakness and Potential of Anti-Discrimination Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This book examines the harm that everyday discrimination can cause and proposes ways in which it can be redressed. Extreme forms of harmful expression, such as incitement to hatred, have been significantly addressed in law. Everyday generalised prejudice, negative stereotypes and gross under-representation...
Age Discrimination
Ageism in Employment and Service Provision
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Age Discrimination looks at how both young and old can be penalised by prejudice against their age group. Following recent changes in the law, the issue of age discrimination has come to the fore. The new legislation will extend legal oversight of age-related discrimination to the provision of facilities,...
Consumer Equality: Race and the American Marketplace
Race and the American Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
This book provides a vivid examination of the issue of consumer inequality in America—one of society's most under-discussed and critical issues—through the evaluation of real-life cases, the trend of consumers suing companies for discrimination, and the application of novel frameworks to establish...
Clinical Aspects of Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
Psychological Consequences and Treatment Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2004
This book addresses the psychological impact of sexual harassment and gender discrimination from both a clinical and theoretical perspective, whereas previous literature on the topic has emphasized legal and employment consequences. To start, Lenhart provides a comprehensive summary and integration...
Embedded Racism
Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments...
Basic Equality and Discrimination
Reconciling Theory and Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The focus of this book is the idea of equality as a moral, political and jurisprudential concept. The author is motivated primarily by a concern to better understand conundrums in the justification, interpretation and application of discrimination law. Nicholas Smith aims to provide a clearer understanding...
Class Act
An International Legal Perspective on Class Discrimination
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Even today, class discrimination remains an important global legal issue. This book allows readers a better understanding of the issue of class discrimination and inequality, including the role of education in bridging the class systems. The study seeks to increase the likelihood of achieving equality...