John Baker & K. Lynch 
Equality [PDF ebook] 
From Theory to Action

Preface to Second Edition PART I: THE NEW EQUALITY AGENDA New Challenges to an Unequal World Dimensions of Equality: A Framework for Theory and Action The Centrality of Equality: Equality and Other Values Contexts of Egalitarian Change: Social Systems and Social Groups PART II: PUTTING EQUALITY INTO PRACTICE Towards Economic Equality The Challenge of Participatory Democracy Equality, the Legal System and Employment Law Equality and Education Emancipatory Research as a Tool of Change PART III: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE Class, Gender and the Equality Movement Ideology and Resistance Strategic Issues for the Equality Movement Notes Bibliography

JOHN BAKER is a Senior Lecturer in Equality Studies at University College Dublin,  Ireland and is one of the founding members of the Equality Studies Centre. He is the author of
Arguing for Equality (1987). His main areas of research are theoretical issues of equality and democracy.

KATHLEEN LYNCH is Professor of Equality Studies and was one of the founding members of the Equality Studies Centre. She is the author of
The Hidden Curriculum (1989) and
Equality in Education (1999) and co-author of
Schools and Society in Ireland (1993),
Equality and Power in Schools: Redistribution, Recognition and Representation (2002) and
Inside Classrooms: The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Social Context (2002). Her main areas of research are equality in education, emancipatory research, the role of the university in social change and theoretical issues in equality studies.

SARA CANTILLON is a senior lecturer in Equality Studies at University College Dublin, Ireland and a full-time member of the Equality Studies Centre. She is the co-editor of
Rich and Poor: Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland (2001). Her main areas of research are gender and poverty, intra-household resource allocation and the economics of inequality.

JUDY WALSH is a lecturer in Equality Studies at University College Dublin, Ireland and a full-time member of the Equality Studies Centre. She is the co-author of a numberof NGO reports in the field of equality and human rights. Her main areas of research are human rights and gender, poverty and law. The authors have also been active in a wide range of equality-related organizations and campaigns.