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European Union Non-Discrimination Law, Comparative Perspectives on Multidimensional Equality Law, edited by Dagmar Schiek and Victoria Chege

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European Union Non-Discrimination Law

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edited by Dagmar Schiek and Victoria Chege

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Comparative Perspectives on Multidimensional Equality Law

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds. This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality. The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Table of cases; Table of legislative instruments; Introduction; 1 From European Union non-discrimination law towards multidimensional equality law for Europe; Part I: Assessing legal responses to multidimensionality; 2 Is European Union equality law capable of addressing multiple and intersectional discrimination yet?: Precautions against neglecting intersectional cases; 3 Multidimensional equality from within: Themes from the European Convention on Human Rights4 Positive rights and positive duties: Addressing intersectionalityPart II: Theorising intersectionality from different disciplinary angles; 5 Intersectionality scope and multidimensional equality within the European Union: Traversing national boundaries of inequality?; 6 Stigma: A limiting principle allowing multiple-consciousness in anti-discrimination law?; 7 Multidimensional exclusion: Viewing Romani marginalisation through the nexus of race and poverty; 8 From single to multidimensional policy approaches to equalities: The example of contract compliancePart III: Comparative approaches to multidimensional equality law in Europe9 Utility-based equality and disparate diversities: from a Finnish perspective; 10 Comparative approaches to gender equality and non-discrimination within Europe; 11 Multidimensional equality in the Czech and Slovak Republics: The case of Roma women; 12 French legal approaches to equality and discrimination for intersecting grounds in employment relations; 13 Multiple equality claims in the practice of the Norwegian anti-discrimination agenciesPart IV: A symbol of intersectionality in legal discourse: the headscarf enigma14 The headscarf debate: Approaching the intersection of sex, religion and race under the European Convention on Human Rights and EC equality law; 15 Religion, ethnicity and gender in the Danish headscarf debate; 16 Religion and equality in Germany: The headscarf debate from a constitutional perspective; Bibliography; Index