
The Unequal Unemployed
Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 2019
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-138-36437-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1999, this volume is about unemployment and discrimination, with a focus on Northern Ireland and its debate over patterns of inequality between unemployed Catholics and Protestants. The Unequal Unemployed uses the important and revealing context of Northern Ireland to review the international debate on discrimination and the role of unemployment within it. This intellectual and political debate, active throughout the past decade, represents a conflict between: a) The traditional view that unequal unemployment is evidence of labour market discrimination against minorities and other distinct social groupings. b) Recent models which explain unemployment either in terms of individual responsibility or innate inferiority and attack the 'equal opportunities industry for its attempts at social engineering. Maura Sheehan and Mike Tomlinson approach these theories using unique survey evidence, gathered through a comprehensive evaluation of anti-discrimination policy. They contradict the view that differences in unemployment between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland are the result of personal attitudes and 'religious culture'. The book demonstrates that unequal unemployment arises from various discriminatory structures and practices - all of which are amenable to policy intervention. However, while more radical measures may achieve change, these must be developed within a policy framework which stimulates labour demand and economic development. Such a framework is constrained by the continuing political conflict within Northern Ireland.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-36437-0 (9781138364370)
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Maura Sheehan | Mike Tomlinson
The Unequal Unemployed
Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland
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Maura Sheehan | Mike Tomlinson
The Unequal Unemployed
Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland
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12/2018
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Maura Sheehan | Mike Tomlinson
The Unequal Unemployed
Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland
E-Book
12/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€32.99
Available for download
Persons
Maura Sheehan, Department of Economics, The Queen's University of Belfast. Mike Tomlinson, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, The Queen's University of Belfast
Content
1. Introduction. 2. Discrimination and the Rise of Individualism. 3. Unemployment Policies in the 1990s. 4. Unemployment and Fair Employment. 5. The Long-Term Unemployed in West Belfast. 6. Unemployment, Discrimination and Labour Market Processes. 7. Training and Employment. 8. Employers and the Long-Term Unemployed. 9. Equality and Full Employment.