Evaluating an ethnic policy. Lessons in policy evaluation

John Edwards

New, and ethnically sensitive fair employment legislation was introduced in Northern Ireland in 1989 in an attempt to reduce employment inequalities between Catholics and Protestants.

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...

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