| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Series |
Bristol studies in law and social justice |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Series page -- Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace: Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Detailed Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Class and Social Background Discrimination: An Introduction -- Introduction -- I. Theories of class -- A. Class as a gradational concept -- 1. Class determined by occupation -- B. Class as a relational concept -- 1. Marxist tradition: class shaped by relationship with means of production |
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2. Weberian tradition: class shaped by level of market capacities -- 3. Bourdieu: class shaped by reference to economic, social and cultural capital -- II. The problem of class and social background discrimination -- A. Are humans hardwired to discriminate based on class and social background? -- 1. 'In-group favouritism' leads to discrimination against 'out-group' members -- 2. Mental categorization into 'in-groups' and 'out-groups' -- B. Social categorization, out-group discrimination and disadvantage based on Bourdieu's species of capital: examples from Australia, Canada and South Africa |
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1. Australia -- 2. Canada -- 3. South Africa -- III. A normative framework for understanding class and social background discrimination -- A. Substantive or formal equality, symmetry or asymmetry? -- B. Direct versus indirect discrimination -- C. Categorical frames of conceiving class and social background discrimination -- 1. Intersectional discrimination -- Conclusion -- 2 Unravelling the Meaning of 'Social Origin' Discrimination in Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its Applications in the Digital Age -- I. The ILO and ILO supervisory bodies |
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II. The concept and scope of 'discrimination' in ILO jurisprudence -- III. 'Social origin' includes class and factors reflective of social background -- A. Class and social background discrimination at the single axis -- 1. Class measured by economic, social and cultural capital -- 2. 'Social origin' may include certain geographic origins or localities -- 3. 'Social origin' reflected by home and family dynamics, certain relatives and family background -- (a) 'Social origin' reflected by home and family dynamics |
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(B) 'Social origin' reflected by relatives (ancestors, parents and spouses) and family background -- B. The multiple additive nature of 'social origin' discrimination -- C. The intersectional nature of 'social origin' discrimination -- D. Applications in the digital age -- IV. The relevance of ILO jurisprudence to domestic contexts: 'social origin' in Australian and South African law should be interpreted consistently with the way the term is understood in ILO 111 -- A. The relevance of ILO jurisprudence to understanding 'social origin' in Australian law |
| Summary |
This book exposes how inequalities based on class and social background arise from employment practices in the digital age. Examining the ways in which digitalisation creates risks of discrimination, the book proposes essential law reform and improvements to workplace policy |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 25, 2023) |
| Subject |
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation.
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LAW / Labor & Employment
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Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation
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Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
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Law.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1529222974 |
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9781529222975 |
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9781529222968 |
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1529222966 |
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