Managing and developing diversity is on the political and business agenda in many countries; therefore diversity management has become an area of knowledge and practice in its own right. Yet all too often it is referred to as a unifying concept, as if it were to be interpreted uniformly across all cultures and countries. The contributors to this volume expertly examine the relationship between diversity management and equality legislation within the different participating countries' national contexts. They advocate that such separation and sequencing between equality at work and diversity management is far from natural. The second edition of this important reference work provides important updates and new perspectives on the cases constituting the first edition, as well as including contributions from a number of new countries: Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria and Russia. Countries that have been updated and expanded are Austria, Canada, France, India, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. This Handbook will be greatly appreciated by scholars who wish to better contextualize their research and will also provide policy-makers with benchmark data regarding equal treatment and diversity as understood in other countries
Contents: 1. Introduction: Equality and Diversity in 14 Countries: Analysis and Summary Alain Klarsfeld, Lize Booysen, Eddy Ng, Ian Roper and Ahu Tatli 2. Equal Access to the Opportunities Available? Equity and Diversity Laws and Policies in Australia Erica French, Glenda Strachan and John Burgess 3. Equal Treatment in Austria: Current Practices and Challenges Roswitha Hofmann and Regine Bendl 4. A Review of Two Decades of Employment Equity in Canada: Progress and Propositions Rana Haq, Eddy Ng, Rana Haq and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 5. Equality and Diversity in Finland. From Separate to Intertwined Concepts Jonna Louvrier and Annamari Tuori 6. Equality and Diversity in Years of Crisis in France Anne-Francoise Bender, Alain Klarsfeld and Jacqueline Laufer 7. Equality and Diversity in India: Public versus Private Sector Approaches to Managing Diversity in Indian Organizations Rana Haq 8. Moving Societies and Immobile Organizational Practices. The Winding Road of Diversity Management in Italy Annalisa Murgia and Barbara Poggio 9. Japan: Progress Towards Diversity and Equality in Employment Vera Mackie, Kaori Okano and Kirsti Rawstron 10. Laws, Policies and Practices of Diversity Management in The Netherlands anno 2013 Inge Bleijenbergh, Marloes van Engen, Ashley Terlouw and Rene Schalk 11. Equality and Diversity in Aotearoa (New Zealand) Irene Ryan, Katherine Ravenswood and Judith Pringle 12. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Nigeria: Historical Context and Emerging Issues Ifedapo Adeleye, 'Doyin Atewologun and Olusegun Matanmi 13. Employment Equality and Diversity Management in a Russian Context Fiona Colgan, Aidan McKearney, Elena Bokovikova, Sofya Kosheleva and Elena Zavyalova 14. New Developments in Employment Equity and Diversity Management in South Africa Lize A.E Booysen and Stella M. Nkomo 15. Recent Developments in the Equality and Diversity Agenda in the UK: The 'Big Society' under Austerity Ian Roper and Ahu Tatli
