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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812921203321

Autore

Sheppard Colleen

Titolo

Inclusive equality : the relational dimensions of systemic discrimination in Canada / / Colleen Sheppard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-53063-5

9786613843081

0-7735-8088-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

342.7108/5

Soggetti

Equality before the law - Canada

Equality - Social aspects - Canada

Civil rights - Canada

Discrimination - Law and legislation - Canada

Discrimination - Social aspects - Canada

Sociological jurisprudence - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Rise of Statutory Equality Rights: Confronting Systemic Discrimination and Complex Identities -- Constitutional Equality: Challenges and Possibilities -- Contexts of Inequality: Identifying and Remedying Discrimination -- Developing a Systemic Approach: Experiential Knowledge and Sexual Harassment -- Caring and Relations of Equality -- Democracy and Relations of Equality.

Sommario/riassunto

Inclusive Equality explores the legal meaning of equality, examining both the substantive conditions of inequality and the dynamic institutional and structural processes that reproduce it. It provides a critical review of evolving conceptions of equality and systemic discrimination in Canada, tracing developments in both the legislative and constitutional domains.