The seesaw effect: down goes affirmative action, up comes workplace diversity

Title: The seesaw effect: down goes affirmative action, up comes workplace diversity
Creator: Bacchi, Carol
Relation: Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: JIGS Vol. 5, Issue 2, p. 64-83
Relation: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/hss/research/publications/jigs/jigs-index.html
Publisher: University of Newcastle, Faculty of Education and Arts
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2000
Description: This article is called the “seesaw effect” because it tracks two trends operating in relation to equity in Australia: a reduction of the (albeit limited) regulatory force of affirmative action and a growth in the implementation of “workplace diversity” initiatives. Regarding the latter, the primary focus is the new Public Service Act 1999. The argument is that the two trends are opposite sides of the same coin – that workplace diversity is being offered as a replacement for affirmative action and one which will ask a good deal less of employers. The article sees this shift as part and parcel of the Howard government’s commitment to “free up” competition and to reduce governmental oversight of business activities.
Subject: affirmative action; workplace diversity; equity; equal employment opportunity
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1047253
Identifier: uon:14755
Identifier: ISSN:1325-1848
Language: eng
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