"Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels"--

The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to de-centralise...

Introduction -- Ethnicity and gender in the labour market -- Gender, ethnicity and class : the case for intersectional analysis -- Challenging discrimination, sexism and racism : the role of the state -- Employers : key agents of transformation? -- Towards transformation: trade union strategies...