This edition, first published in 1989, looks at the problems of racism
and equal opportunity in employment and government policies towards them
in Britain. It brings together a group of specialist contributors and
covers the major areas of debate, including the law, policies towards
unemployment, job training and the labour market, the role of the public
and private sectors, the role of trade unions, the gap between policies
and pronouncements on equal opportunity and their implementation, and
the related issue of sectarian discrimination in Northern Ireland. It
looks at the future prospects for equal opportunities and provides
conclusions for policy. In particular, it aims to address important
topics such as the assumptions underlying policies and whether they
realistically reflect reality, the actual effect of legislation, and the
relationship between power disparities in society as a whole and racial
inequality.