EVALUATING AN ETHNIC POLICY. LESSONS IN POLICY EVALUATIO
Evaluating an Ethnic Policy. Lessons in Policy Evaluation
John Edwards University of London, United Kingdom
INTRODUCTION
Inequalities in employment and unemployment between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland have, for some time, been thought to contribute to sectarian differences in the Province and hence indirectly to 'the troubles'. For this, and some other reasons, legislation was passed in 1989 that for the first time introduced the use of affirmative action on a robust scale in Northern Ireland. The policy was designed to reduce inequalities in unemployment rates and in workforces...