Racism and Equal Opportunity Policies in the 1980s

Introduction to the second edition; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I. The Law, Politics and Equal Opportunity: 1. Racism, equal opportunity and public policy John Solomos and Richard Jenkins; 2. Racial inequality and the limits of law Laurence Lustgarten; 3. The politics of anti-discrimination legislation: planned social reform or symbolic politics? John Solomos; 4. Religious discrimination and differentiation in Northern Ireland: the case of the Fair Employment Agency John Darby; Part II. Dimensions of Equal Opportunity: 5. 'Equality of opportunity' and inequality of outcome: the MSC, ethnic minorities and training policy Malcolm Cross; 6. The space between words: local authorities and the concept of equal opportunities Ken Young; 7. Equal opportunity in the private sector: the limits of voluntarism Richard Jenkins; 8. Monitoring equal opportunities policies: principles and practice Nick Jewson and David Mason; 9. Training and organisational change: the target racism Gloria Lee; 10. Unequal comrades: trade unions, equal opportunity and racism John Wrench; Part III. The Prospects for Equal Opportunity: 11. Equal opportunity in the context of high levels of unemployment Ed Rhodes and Peter Braham; 12. Equal opportunity and the limits of the law: some themes Richard Jenkins and John Solomos; Notes; Bibliography; Index.