EDWARDS, Julia

Mainstreaming equality in Wales : the case of the National Assembly building - UK : Policy Press, jan. 2004

Institutional discrimination in public policy denies equality of opportunity to the diversity of citizens. Mainstreaming, or building in, equality at initiation stage of policy making may be the best way of overcoming this problem. A case study of the initial stages of choosing a design for the National Assembly of Wales' debating chamber reveals that mainstreaming equality requires a more inclusive practice of policy making than is usually achieved by the traditional Whitehall model