The Development of Equal Opportunities Theory and Practice in the European Community

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ID7960388
AuthorsSusan Cunningham (0000-0002-5006-6783, Equal Opportunities Study Unit, University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume20
Issue3
Pages177-189
Publication date1992-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557392782718724
OpenAlexW2016698528
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article examines the development of equal opportunities policies and practice within the EC since 1975. There is a comparative focus on policies relating to women, race and disability within the framework of a concept of equality of opportunity as a primary right. It is demonstrated that equal opportunities policy has developed most strongly in relation to women and represents the model for implementation. Action in respect of race and disability is less advanced. Overall, current equal opportunities policy is now more radical in its approach, but its implementation is hampered by the operation of the subsidiarity principle. It is the central contention of this article that unless equality of opportunity is recognised as a primary right then the policies followed will never go far enough to fulfil the basic social objectives of the EC

Action (physics · Affirmative action · Business · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · Equal opportunity · European union · Inequality · Law and economics · Political science · Public relations · Race (biology · Sociology · Subsidiarity · Discrimination and Equality Law · Gender Studies · Law · Mathematics · Public Administration

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