Affirmative action in plural societies : international experiences /: international experiences. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Graham K. Brown, Senior Lecturer in international Development, and Director, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath, UK, Arnim Langer, University Lecturer in International Relations and Director, Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD), University of Leuven, Belgium, and Frances Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford, UK ; with a foreword by Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, former President of Brazil.
• Editors: Brown, Graham K; Langer, Arnim; Stewart, Frances, 1940-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages), (18 illustrations)
• Subjects: 331.13/3; Minority Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries; Political Freedom & Security/Civil Rights; Third World Development; Public Policy/Social Policy; Population & demography; Development studies; Affirmative action programs -- Cross-cultural studies; Affirmative action programs in education -- Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137271556; 1137271558
• 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.