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    Caste in Britain: Contextualising the British Government's 2017 Public Consultation on Caste and Equality Law

    Waughray, A (2018) Caste in Britain: Contextualising the British Government's 2017 Public Consultation on Caste and Equality Law. Economic & Political Weekly, 53 (10). ISSN 0012-9976

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    Abstract

    The United Kingdom government has started a public consultation on caste in Great Britain and the equality law with the official response expected soon. British Dalits have demanded protection in legislation from caste discrimination for many years, but have faced concerted opposition not just to legislation but even to raising the issue at all, mainly from faith-based organisations and a handful of politicians and civil society actors, some of whom object to any legal protection against caste discrimination, including developments in case law which might extend protection through the existing Equality Act from discrimination based on ethnic origins to discrimination based on caste.

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