Nothing abuses a person's sense of natural justice more than unequal treatment of equals. In recent times, the existence of discrimination has increasingly troubled citizens and lawmakers. This concern has been expressed in the drive for equal pay for equal work (EPFEW) and equal pay for work of equal value (EPFWOEV) legislation, in the demand for affirmative action programs, and by the feminist movement itself.

Legislators have responded by establishing civil rights tribunals, issuing equal pay for equal work directives, and by engaging in a widespread program of affirmative action. In some cases, the latter has involved the establishment of quotas to ensure that people of different sexes, races, and ethnic backgrounds are proportionately represented in employment and educational situations.

This book offers an analytical perspective on discrimination and the programs proposed to end it in order to provide a backdrop against which to evaluate the Abella Report.

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Nothing abuses a person's sense of natural justice more than unequal treatment of equals. In recent times, the existence of discrimination has increasingly troubled citizens and lawmakers. This concern has been expressed in the drive for equal pay for equal work (EPFEW) and equal pay for work of equal value (EPFWOEV) legislation, in the demand for affirmative action programs, and by the feminist movement itself.

Legislators have responded by establishing civil rights tribunals, issuing equal pay for equal work directives, and by engaging in a widespread program of affirmative action. In some cases, the latter has involved the establishment of quotas to ensure that people of different sexes, races, and ethnic backgrounds are proportionately represented in employment and educational situations.

This book offers an analytical perspective on discrimination and the programs proposed to end it in order to provide a backdrop against which to evaluate the Abella Report.