Discrimination as Stigma

Iyiola Solanke is Professor in EU Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple.

Introduction
I. Construction of the Anti-stigma Principle
II. Application of the Anti-stigma Principle
1. Stigma
I. Defining Stigma
II. Erwin Goffman and Stigma
III. The Process of Stigmatisation
IV. Developments in the Theory of Stigma
V. Power
VI. Conclusion
2. Legal Protection from Discrimination
I. Introduction
II. Equality and Inequality in Political Philosophy
III. The Anti-discrimination Principle in International Law
IV. Closed Lists
V. Open Lists
VI. Dignity, Immutability and the Anti-discrimination Principle
VII. The Limits of Dignity
VIII. The Idea of Immutability
IX. Conclusion
3. Stigma and Litigation
I. Goffman in Legal Scholarship
II. Litigation in Europe
III. Conclusion
4. The Anti-stigma Principle
I. Linking Interpersonal and Structural Stigma
II. Models of Stigma and Public Health
III. The Discrimination Virus
IV. Conclusion
5. Public Action to Combat Discrimination
I. Tackling a Public Health Virus: The Ebola Outbreak of 2014
II. The Transmission of Stigma
III. Positive Action and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
IV. Public Action to Tackle the Virus of Discrimination
V. Conclusion
6. Stigma, Synergy and Intersectionality
I. Understanding Intersectional Discrimination
II. Categorisation in Anti-discrimination Law
III. Addressing Intersectional Discrimination
IV. Applying Intersectional Discrimination
V. Conclusion