{"product_id":"highly-discriminating-why-the-city-isnt-fair-and-diversity-doesnt-work-9781529209648","title":"Highly Discriminating: Why the City Isn't Fair and Diversity Doesn't Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Louise Ashley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Organizational Behavior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the City of London, despite an apparent commitment to recruitment and progression based on objective merit within its hiring practices, continue to reproduce the status quo?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written by a leading expert on diversity and elite professions, this book examines issues of equality in the City, what its practitioners say in public and what they think behind closed doors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on research, interviews, practitioner literature and internal reports, it argues that hiring practices in the City are highly discriminating in favour of a narrow pool of affluent applicants, and future progress may only be achieved by the state taking a greater role in organizational life. It calls for a policy shift at both the organizational and governmental level to address the implications of widening inequality in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46441045262487,"sku":"9781529209648","price":14614.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781529209648.webp?v=1769117365","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/highly-discriminating-why-the-city-isnt-fair-and-diversity-doesnt-work-9781529209648","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}