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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155076903321

Autore

Solanke Iyiola

Titolo

Discrimination as stigma : a theory of anti-discrimination law / / Iyiola Solanke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2017

ISBN

1-4742-0343-4

1-78225-637-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Disciplina

342.08/701

Soggetti

Discrimination - Law and legislation - Social aspects

Discrimination - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Equality

Stigma (Social psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Stigma -- Legal protection from discrimination -- Stigma and litigation -- The anti-stigma principle -- Public action to combat discrimination -- Stigma, synergy and intersectionality -- Legal protection against "fattism" -- Tattoos : beyond anti-discrimination law?.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph reconceptualises discrimination law as fundamentally concerned with stigma. Using sociological and socio-psychological theories of stigma, the author presents an 'anti-stigma principle', promoting it as a method to determine the scope of legal protection from discrimination. The anti-stigma principle recognises the role of institutional and individual action in the perpetuation of discrimination. Setting discrimination law within the field of public health, it frames positive action and intersectional discrimination as the norm in this field of law rather than the exception. In developing and applying this new theory for anti-discrimination law, the book draws upon case law from jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, as well as European law