Race, politics, and education in Brazil : affirmative action in higher education /: affirmative action in higher education. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ollie A. Johnson III and Rosana Heringer.
• Editors: Johnson, Ollie A, 1962-; Heringer, Rosana
• Contents: 1.Blacks in National Politics; Ollie A. Johnson III; 2. From the Black Movement's Struggle to the Teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian History; Amilcar Pereira; 3. Equal Opportunity Policy in Brazil: Black Activism and the State; Vera Lúcia Benedito; 4. Affirmative Action from the Perspective of International Human Rights: Challenges and Possibilities from the Brazilian Experience; Flavia Piovesan; 5. Affirmative Action and the Expansion of Higher Education; Rosana Heringer; 6. Support for Affirmative Action among Afro-Brazilians; Gladys Mitchell-Walthour; 7. Ambition with Resistance: Affirmative Action in Brazil's Public Universities; Erich Dietrich; 8. Affirmative Action in Brazil: Achievements and Challenges; João Feres Júnior, Veronica Toste, and Luiz Augusto Campos; 9. The Defeat of Quotas in the Passage of the Racial Equality Statute; Sales Augusto dos Santos, Dora Bertulio, and João Vitor Moreno
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 378.198296081; Blacks -- Education (Higher) -- Brazil; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Brazil; Affirmative action programs -- Brazil; Education and state -- Brazil; History; Inclusive Education; Multicultural Education; Educational strategies & policy; Multicultural education; Hispanic & Latino studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137485168; 1137485167
• Related ISBNs: 9781137485144
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.