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Toward a European Politics of "Differentiated Equality": Reflections on the Anti-Discrimination Policy of the European Union
Project already completed.
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Our project aims at a multilevel analysis of the EU's
anti-discrimination policy. The main goal of the project is the
theoretical and critical analysis of the possibilities of and limits to
anti-discrimination policy in the fight against different forms of
inequality.
The theoretical part of our study explores different conceptions of
equality and difference and explanatory models of inequality as
developed in contemporary philosophy, social and political theory, and,
social anthropology with special reference to feminist theories. Our
study will be guided by following questions: What are the policy
implications of different conceptions of equality and difference? Are
there profound differences between gender, ethnic origin, nationality
etc., which justify different levels of protection against different
grounds of discrimination? Does the concept of discrimination exhaust
the spectrum of structural inequalities in contemporary societies? Can
a politics of "differentiated equality" avoid the either-or-paradox
between assimilationist versus essentialist identity politics?
We will address these questions in the empirical part of the study by
making use of document analysis and group discussions (among others)
with representatives of relevant transnational and Austrian NGOs. In
addition, we will co-operate with international experts within the
framework of two workshops on horizontal vs. vertical approaches to
anti-discrimination and gender mainstreaming.
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