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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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Other Authors: Brown, Graham K. (Editor), Langer, Arnim (Editor), Stewart, Frances 1940- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Subjects:
Affirmative action programs > Cross-cultural studies
Affirmative action programs in education > Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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