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Text and Research: Fionnuala McKenna and Martin Melaugh

This is a draft version of some of the source material used in the section on Employment. The list below contains a selection of the journal articles, reports and other publications. Readers should also consult the CAIN bibliography, and the bibliography contained in Tony Gallagher's publication Majority Minority Review 2: Employment, Unemployment and Religion in Northern Ireland.

 

Books

Gallagher, A.M. (1991) Majority Minority Review 2: Employment, Unemployment and Religion in Northern Ireland. University of Ulster, Centre for the Study of Conflict.

Hepburn, A. (ed.) (1981) Employment in Divided Societies, Coleraine: The New University of Ulster.

McCormack, Vincent., and O'Hara, Joe. (1990) Enduring Inequality: Religious Discrimination in Employment in Northern Ireland. London: National Council for Civil Liberties.

Osborne, Bob., and Shuttleworth, Ian. (eds) (2004) Fair employment in Northern Ireland: A generation on. Blackstaff Press, 2004.

Smith, David., and Chambers, Gerald. (1991) Inequality in Northern Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Smith, David., and Chambers, Gerald. (1987) Equality and Inequality in Northern Ireland: Part 1 Employment and Unemployment; Part 2 The Workplace; Part 3 Perception and Views. London: Policy Studies Institute.

 

Journal Articles

Burke, K.A. (1994) 'Fair Employment in Northern Ireland: the role of Afffirmative Action', Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Vol.28, No.1, pp.1-45.

Cormack, R.J., and Osborne, R.D. (1989) 'Employment and Discrimination in Northern Ireland', Policy Studies, Vol.9, No.3, pp.49-53.

Doyle, John. (1994) 'Workers and Outlaws: Unionism and Fair Employment in Northern Ireland', Irish Political Studies, Vol.No.9, pp.41-60.

Goodwin, J. (1997) 'Employment Equality in Northern Ireland', Work, Employment and Society: A Journal of the British Sociological Association, Vol.11, No.1, p.167.

Graham, Donald. (1984) 'Discrimination in Northern Ireland: The Failure of the Fair Employment Agency', Critical Social Policy, Summer issue, pp.40-54.

Heaton, Norma., and Teague, Paul. (1997) 'Towards Fair Employment in Northern Ireland', International Review of Applied Economics, Vol.11, No.2, pp.263-.

Jay, Richard., and Wilford, Rick. (1991) 'Fair Employment in Northern Ireland: a New Initiative', Irish Political Studies, Vol.6, pp.15-36.

Miller, R. (1989) 'Legislating for Fair Employment - the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Bill 1988', Journal of Social Policy, Vol.18, pp. 253-264.

McVey, John., Hutson, Nigel., and O'Connor, Julia. (1997) 'Public Views and Experiences of Fair Employment and Equality Issues in Northern Ireland', Journal of Social Policy, Vol.26, No.2, pp.294-.

Osborne, Robert. (1992) 'Fair Employment and Employment Equity: Policy Learning in a Comparative Context', Public Money and Management, Vol.12, No.4, pp.11-18.

Osborne, R.D., and Cormack, R.J. (1989) 'Fair Employment - Towards Reform in Northern Ireland', Policy and Politics, Vol.17, No.4, pp.287-294.

Schmitt, David, (1980) 'Equal Employment Opportunity as a Technique toward the Control of Political Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland's Fair Employment Agency', Current Research on Peace and Violence, Vol.3, No.1, pp.33-46.

Sheehan, Maura, (1995) 'Fair Employment: An Issue for the Peace Process', Race and Class, Vol.37, No.1, pp.71-83.

 

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Reports

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (n.d.2002?) Religious and Political Discrimination: Fair Employment and Treatment in Northern Ireland, [PDF File; 398KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (2002) Monitoring Report No.12: A Profile of the Northern Ireland Workforce; summary of the monitoring returns 2001, [PDF File; 791KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (2001) Monitoring Report No.11, (August 2001), [PDF File; 1561KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (2002) Fair Employment Monitoring Report 2001, Key Facts November 2002, [PDF File; 231KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Dunn, Seamus., and Gallagher, Tony. (2002) Research Report: The Teacher Exception Provision and Equality in Employment in Northern Ireland, [PDF File; 99KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (n.d.2002?) Annual Report, 2001-2002, [PDF File; 2895KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (n.d.2000?) First Annual Report, 1999-2000, [PDF File; 446KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. (2003) Register of Employers, (September 2003), [PDF File; 711KB]. Belfast: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

See also: List of Equality Commission Publications

 

Government Reports

Great Britain. Northern Ireland Office (NIO). (1998) Fair Employment in Northern Ireland, [Cmd 380]. London: HMSO.

Department of Economic Development. (1986) Equality of Opportunity in Employment in Northern Ireland: Future Strategy Options, a Consultative Paper. Belfast: HMSO.

Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights (1990) Religious and Political Discrimination and Equality of Opportunity in Northern Ireland, Second Report, [Cm 1107]. London: HMSO.

 

Other Publications

Gibson, Michael and Wilson (1994) 'Discrimination and Employment', in, Perspectives on Discrimination and Social Work in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work (CCETSW).

Rowthorn and Wayne (1988) 'The Economic Situation of Catholics and Protestants', in, Northern Ireland: The Political Economy of Conflict. Cambridge: Polity Press.

 


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