Federal character and affirmative action
Subtitle: history and peculiarities of diversity policies in the United States and Nigeria
By: Michael O Maduagwu
Publisher: Safari Books, Ltd.
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Ibadan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9789785544855
Subjects: Affirmative action programs; Cross-cultural studies; Constitutional history; Constitutional law; Ethnic relations; Political aspects; Nigeria
Table of contents: title: Part I. History and development of affirmative action policy in the United States; title: 1. Slavery, racism and discrimination as the historical basis for affirmative action in the United States; title: 2. J.F. Kennedy and the origin of the affirmative action policy in the United States; title: 3. Controversy over the meaning and implementation of affirmative action in the United States; title: Part II. History and development of Nigeria's federal character principle; title: 4. The constitutional provision of the federal character principle; title: 5. Controversy over the concept and constitutional intentions of federal character; title: 6. Towards appropriate application of federal character.