Systemic Discrimination in Employment and the Promotion of Ethnic Equality

Craig (Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the U. of Oslo) argues that traditional complaint-based anti- discrimination laws are inherently inadequate to respond to systemic discrimination in employment. He examines the mechanisms and characteristics of systemic discrimination and the shortcomings of complaint-based laws, noting that these characteristics can also inform employers and government authorities about effective preventive measures. In searching for a rational governmental policy response to systemic discrimination, Craig evaluates selected legal regimes that impose proactive obligations on employers to promote equality in the workplace and explains why some of these regimes function better than others. Martinus Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ronald Craig is a researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, which is a part of the Law Faculty at the University of Oslo. Dr. Craig has his legal education from both the USA and Norway.