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Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis

Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis

Author: Shreya Atrey; Sandra Fredman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192872999
Published In: January 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This thoughtfully edited volume explores the operation of equality and discrimination law in times of crisis. It aims to understand how existing inequalities are exacerbated in crises and whether equality law has the tools to understand and address this contingency.

Experience during the COVID-19 crisis shows that the pandemic has acted as a catalyst for 'exponential inequalities' related to racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, and ableism. Yet, the field of equality law (which is meant to be addressing such discrimination or inequality) has had little immediate relevance in mitigating these exponential inequalities. This is despite the fact that countries like the UK have a rather recent and state-of-the-art legislation in the field, namely the Equality Act 2010.

Exponential Inequalities offers readers an understanding of how these inequalities came to be and how crises such as the global pandemic, the climate emergency, or the economic downturn, can exacerbate an already untenable situation. It illuminates both the structural and the conceptual, as well as the practical and doctrinal difficulties currently experienced in equality law, and discusses whether or not equality law even has the tools to both understand and then address this contingency.

Written by a team of internationally recognized experts, Exponential Inequalities provides a comparative perspective on the functioning of equality laws across a range of contexts and jurisdictions and represents an essential read for scholars and policy makers alike.

Foreword

David B. Oppenheimer

1:Introduction - Exponential Inequalities: What Can Equality Law Do?

Shreya Atrey and Sandra Fredman

I. UNDERSTANDING EXPONENTIAL INEQUALITIES

2:Protecting Workers' Equal Rights During Crisis and Recovery: Constitutional Approaches in 193 Countries

Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub, and Jody Heymann

3:Addressing Intersecting Inequalities Through Alternative Economic Strategies

Diane Elson and Marion Sharples

4:Social Security, Exponential Inequalities, and COVID-19: How Welfare Reform in the UK Left Larger Families Exposed to the Scarring Effects of the Pandemic

Aaron Reeves, Kate Andersen, Mary Reader, and Rosalie Warnock

5:The Proportionality of an Economic Crisis

Meghan Campbell

6:Intersecting Crises and Exponential Inequalities: The View from Hong Kong

Kelley Loper

II. ADDRESSING EXPONENTIAL INEQUALITIES

Section A: Comparative and International Law

7:New Directions Needed: Exponential Inequalities and the Limits of Equality Law

Colm O'Cinneide

8:More than an Afterthought? Equality Law in Ireland During the Pandemic

Mark Bell

9:A Public Policy Approach to Inequality