Introduction

The purpose of this Short Guide is to look at the risk that is associated with the formulation and implementation of the Equality, Diversity and Discrimination (or “EDD”) Agenda. The Guide usually refers to this as “EDD Risk” for reasons of brevity. Powerful and well-resourced Agendas for Equality, Diversity and Discrimination are now widely established in Western democracies, particularly where these countries possess a multicultural or a polyglot character that results from past imperial history (as in the UK, France or The Netherlands), or from extensive involvement in foreign trade, or from policies that actively encourage immigration (as in the case of the USA and Canada).