Equal opportunities policy and practice in Britain: Evaluating the 'empty shell' hypothesis

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-506

  Hoque, Kim ^a   Noon, Mike ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Disability; Equal opportunities; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044234832     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017004045547     Document Type: Article

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