Affirmative action in plural societies international experiences
Global contributors discuss the theoretical controversies concerning the merits and demerits of affirmative action, and explain why affirmative action is needed in multi-ethnic countries. They analyze actual experience with affirmative action policies - their origin, nature and consequences - in nin...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Affirmative action in plural societies |b international experiences |c edited by Graham K. Brown, Arnim Langer, Frances Stewart ; with a foreword by Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, former President of Brazil |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Palgrave Macmillan |c 2012 | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Affirmative Action: Foundations, Contexts, and Debates -- Affirmative Action and Its Alternatives in Public Universities: What Do We Know? -- The Challenge of Positive Discrimination in India -- Affirmative action in South Africa: an empirical assessment of the impact on labour market outcomes -- The persistence of black-white income differentials in Brazil -- Affirmative Action in Malaysia: An Overview of Progress and Limitations -- Ethnicity and Inequality in Malaysia: A Retrospect and a Rethinking -- Beyond Inequality? Assessing the impact of fair employment, affirmative action and equality measures on conflict in Northern Ireland | |
| 520 | |a Global contributors discuss the theoretical controversies concerning the merits and demerits of affirmative action, and explain why affirmative action is needed in multi-ethnic countries. They analyze actual experience with affirmative action policies - their origin, nature and consequences - in nine countries | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Affirmative action programs |v Cross-cultural studies | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Affirmative action programs in education |v Cross-cultural studies | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Brown, Graham K. |e editor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Langer, Arnim |e editor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Stewart, Frances |d 1940- |e editor | |
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