... An impressive new team of neighbourhood workers and black and ethnic minority community devel... more ... An impressive new team of neighbourhood workers and black and ethnic minority community development officers promises to accelerate the assumption of genuine local control by Housing Area Forums and other democratic neighbourhood agencies. ...
This paper focuses on Scottish housing organizations, where the relative absence of black and min... more This paper focuses on Scottish housing organizations, where the relative absence of black and minority ethnic employees is beginning to be addressed by programmes of positive action. The paper defines positive action, discusses experiences elsewhere in Europe and the USA, and identifies issues that have arisen from such programmes. Schemes targeted at the housing profession, such as PATH in both England and Scotland, are described in some detail. The attitudes and experiences of Scottish housing organizations were examined as part of an evaluation of the Scottish PATH programme carried out in , and these are discussed. The paper concludes that a reservoir of goodwill exists towards positive action programmes and that there is a need for such programmes to be extended, possibly with the support of the Scottish Parliament.
I During the Glasgow harbour riot of January 1919 black British colonial sailors were branded as ... more I During the Glasgow harbour riot of January 1919 black British colonial sailors were branded as unfair economic competitors by the national seamen's unions and their local delegates, chased out of the merchant marine hiring yard by white sailors when they sought jobs, beaten in the street, attacked in their boarding house and then targeted for mass arrest by police called in to halt the disorder. The riot was one of many during 1919 as the working class in general and ex-service personnel in particular took to the streets in violent demonstrations of dissatisfaction with the post-war employment, housing and pensions situation. 1
Education, equality and human rights: issues …, Jan 1, 2000
3 'Race', Racism and Resistance Satnam Virdee and Mike Cole Int... more 3 'Race', Racism and Resistance Satnam Virdee and Mike Cole Introduction Rather than starting with a search for empirical evidence of discrimination or the expression of racism, or analysing 'the problems' or 'differentness' of 'black people','Asians' or Jews, our analysis of racism ...
Colin Lindsay Employment Research Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK Anne Munro Napier Univ... more Colin Lindsay Employment Research Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK Anne Munro Napier University Business School, Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, UK, and Sarah Wise Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract Purpose This paper ...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the little researched question of how trade uni... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the little researched question of how trade unions have interpreted and engaged with the discourse of diversity adopted by many organisations to replace the traditional equal opportunities discourse. ...
... An impressive new team of neighbourhood workers and black and ethnic minority community devel... more ... An impressive new team of neighbourhood workers and black and ethnic minority community development officers promises to accelerate the assumption of genuine local control by Housing Area Forums and other democratic neighbourhood agencies. ...
This paper focuses on Scottish housing organizations, where the relative absence of black and min... more This paper focuses on Scottish housing organizations, where the relative absence of black and minority ethnic employees is beginning to be addressed by programmes of positive action. The paper defines positive action, discusses experiences elsewhere in Europe and the USA, and identifies issues that have arisen from such programmes. Schemes targeted at the housing profession, such as PATH in both England and Scotland, are described in some detail. The attitudes and experiences of Scottish housing organizations were examined as part of an evaluation of the Scottish PATH programme carried out in , and these are discussed. The paper concludes that a reservoir of goodwill exists towards positive action programmes and that there is a need for such programmes to be extended, possibly with the support of the Scottish Parliament.
I During the Glasgow harbour riot of January 1919 black British colonial sailors were branded as ... more I During the Glasgow harbour riot of January 1919 black British colonial sailors were branded as unfair economic competitors by the national seamen's unions and their local delegates, chased out of the merchant marine hiring yard by white sailors when they sought jobs, beaten in the street, attacked in their boarding house and then targeted for mass arrest by police called in to halt the disorder. The riot was one of many during 1919 as the working class in general and ex-service personnel in particular took to the streets in violent demonstrations of dissatisfaction with the post-war employment, housing and pensions situation. 1
Education, equality and human rights: issues …, Jan 1, 2000
3 'Race', Racism and Resistance Satnam Virdee and Mike Cole Int... more 3 'Race', Racism and Resistance Satnam Virdee and Mike Cole Introduction Rather than starting with a search for empirical evidence of discrimination or the expression of racism, or analysing 'the problems' or 'differentness' of 'black people','Asians' or Jews, our analysis of racism ...
Colin Lindsay Employment Research Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK Anne Munro Napier Univ... more Colin Lindsay Employment Research Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK Anne Munro Napier University Business School, Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, UK, and Sarah Wise Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract Purpose This paper ...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the little researched question of how trade uni... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the little researched question of how trade unions have interpreted and engaged with the discourse of diversity adopted by many organisations to replace the traditional equal opportunities discourse. ...
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