Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Plates and Maps; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; The idea of 'race'; Exclusion and the paradox of equal opportunities legislation; The paradox of neo-liberal intervention; Positive action; Converging agendas in Liverpool; Chapter 2; Changes in the civil service; The civil service background; Markets and charters; Responses to changes in Customs and Excise; Queen's Dock reconsidered; Chapter 3; Equal opportunities in Customs and Excise; Access to the civil service; A pilot recruitment exercise
The Biodata siftThree sources of bias; Conclusions; Chapter 4; Reaching out; Targeting the recruits; The recruitment process; The outcomes; The first recruitment; The 1995 recruitment; The training course; Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index
Summary
First published in 1997, this volume describes very clearly the various government policies to promote equal opportunity and the context of urban policy in which they have to be implemented. Robert Moore's important study addresses the key issue of equal opportunities through a case study of events when a change in government policy appeared to hold out the prospect of new jobs for a highly deprived inner city area. It is a model for all social research of this kind. The result is a very detailed and objective analysis of the problem of implementing equal opportunity policies in practice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 27, 2018)
