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Towards a Relevant Theory of Age Discrimination in Employment

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Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment

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Ageism is not simply another ‘ism’. It is similar to other prominent forms of discrimination in so far as ageism, sexism and racism ‘are three philosophies that we find offensive and which we would expect ordinary, liberal, tolerant, intelligent people to be against’ (Bytheway, 1995: 9). There are also, however, significant points of dissimilarity.

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  1. Cliff Oswick
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  2. Patrice Rosenthal
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, UK

    Mike Noon (Professor of Human Resource Management) (Professor of Human Resource Management)

  2. Cardiff Business School, UK

    Emmanuel Ogbonna (Senior Lecturer, Director Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration) (Senior Lecturer, Director Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration)

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Oswick, C., Rosenthal, P. (2001). Towards a Relevant Theory of Age Discrimination in Employment. In: Noon, M., Ogbonna, E. (eds) Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977880_10

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