Affirmative action in plural societies
Subtitle: international experiences
By: edited by Graham Brown, Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Development, Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath, UK, Arnim Langer, Lecturer in International Relations and Director,Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies (CPRS), University of Leuven, Belgium, Frances Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230277809
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; Affirmative action programs in education; Cross-cultural studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; Affirmative action programs; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Affirmative Action: Foundations, Contexts, and Debates; G. Brown, A. Langer & F. StewartAffirmative Action and Its Alternatives in Public Universities: What Do We Know?; M. C. Long The Challenge of Positive Discrimination in India; J. Heyer and N. Gopal JayalAffirmative action in South Africa: an empirical assessment of the impact on labour market outcomes; R. Burger and R. JaftaThe persistence of black-white income differentials in Brazil; R. Guerreiro OsorioAffirmative Action in Malaysia: An Overview of Progress and Limitations; Z. Aznam YusofEthnicity and Inequality in Malaysia: A Retrospect and a Rethinking; M. MohamadBeyond Inequality? Assessing the impact of fair employment, affirmative action and equality measures on conflict in Northern Ireland; J. Todd and J. RuaneHow effective is the Federal Character Commission in Nigeria?; A. Raufu Mustapha.