Introduction: Making Equality Count
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Introduction: Making Equality Count, Bond,Laurence; McGinnity,Frances; Russell,Helen , Making Equality Count: Irish and International Research Measuring Equality and Discrimination, Dublin, The Liffey Press, 2010, 1 - 19, Bond,Laurence; McGinnity,Frances; Russell,HelenDownload Item:
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In spite of legislation outlawing discrimination across the EU,
inequalities between groups appear to be an enduring feature
of Irish and European societies. To what extent inequality is due
to discrimination is a matter of continuing debate and controversy.
Accurately measuring discrimination is therefore a crucial
task, that is nonetheless very challenging. This has been a central
task of a research programme on equality and discrimination
carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute
and the Equality Authority, and was the theme of the conference
`Making Equality Count? held in Dublin in June 2010.
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Author: RUSSELL, HELEN; MC GINNITY, FRANCES
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Making Equality Count: Irish and International Research Measuring Equality and DiscriminationPublisher:
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