The ideal of equal opportunities and the practice of unequal chances

• Published in: Equal Opportunities and Ethnic Inequality in European Labour Markets p. 9
• Main Authors: Karen Kraal, John Wrench, Judith Roosblad, Patrick Simon
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: The Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 23.11.2009
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Applied sciences; Behavioral sciences; Communications; Cultural anthropology; Cultural diversity; Cultural studies; Economic disciplines; Economics; Employment; Employment discrimination; Ethnic diversity; Gender bias; Gender discrimination; Gender studies; Hand tools; Human societies; Immigration & emigration; Labor; Labor economics; Labor markets; Labor unionization; Labor unions; Migration, immigration & emigration; Opportunity equality; Organized labor; Professional communication; Psychology; Scholarly communication; Social attitudes; Social discrimination; Social equality; Social institutions; Social psychology; Social sciences; Sociology; Technology; Workforce; Working papers; Wrenches
• ISBN: 9789089641267; 9089641262

In November 2007, the IMISCOE Network of Excellence organised an international policy workshop entitled ‘Equal Opportunities in European Labour Markets’, in which researchers and representatives of trade unions, international companies and employers’ organisations came together to discuss opportunities on the labour market for immigrants and ethnic minorities.² In preparation for this international workshop, IMISCOE researchers prepared working papers with specific focus on: 1) discrimination; 2) gender; 3) equity policies; and 4) diversity management.³ The organisers and participants concurred that there is a continuous need to analyse labour market mechanisms in post-industrial Western societies. This is because immigrants and ethnic minorities