Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)

At the end of the 1990s, the Brussels-Capital Region launched actions to fight against employment discrimination with respect to people of foreign origin. In a social and historical perspective, using oral and documentary sources, this article presents the context in which this public policy emerged...

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Main Author: Alexandre Tandé
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Language:English
Published: Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB 2018-02-01
Series:Brussels Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1622
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description At the end of the 1990s, the Brussels-Capital Region launched actions to fight against employment discrimination with respect to people of foreign origin. In a social and historical perspective, using oral and documentary sources, this article presents the context in which this public policy emerged, the experimental actions in the first years, and its transformation in the mid 2000s. At the same time that it was consolidated (inclusion of new measures in the regional law, establishment of a Brussels unit of consultants in the area of diversity), this policy was also given a new objective: the promotion of diversity. While the fight against discrimination and the promotion of diversity are often presented as the "two sides of the same coin", these two objectives may also diverge or oppose each other. A review of the history of this Brussels policy, its evolution and impact, therefore allows the current responses to two major challenges for the urban area to be questioned: the inequality of access to employment and the recognition of sociocultural diversity.
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spelling doaj-art-e355418847a842a2a679d886c646b7b72025-08-20T02:51:04ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932018-02-0110.4000/brussels.1622Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)Alexandre TandéAt the end of the 1990s, the Brussels-Capital Region launched actions to fight against employment discrimination with respect to people of foreign origin. In a social and historical perspective, using oral and documentary sources, this article presents the context in which this public policy emerged, the experimental actions in the first years, and its transformation in the mid 2000s. At the same time that it was consolidated (inclusion of new measures in the regional law, establishment of a Brussels unit of consultants in the area of diversity), this policy was also given a new objective: the promotion of diversity. While the fight against discrimination and the promotion of diversity are often presented as the "two sides of the same coin", these two objectives may also diverge or oppose each other. A review of the history of this Brussels policy, its evolution and impact, therefore allows the current responses to two major challenges for the urban area to be questioned: the inequality of access to employment and the recognition of sociocultural diversity.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1622discriminationemployment policiesimmigrationracismregional policy
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Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
Brussels Studies
discrimination
employment policies
immigration
racism
regional policy
title Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
title_full Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
title_fullStr Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
title_full_unstemmed Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
title_short Lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversité en matière d'emploi ? Histoire d'une action publique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997-2012)
title_sort lutter contre les discriminations ou promouvoir la diversite en matiere d emploi histoire d une action publique en region de bruxelles capitale 1997 2012
topic discrimination
employment policies
immigration
racism
regional policy
url http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1622
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