Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches /: efficacy of national and international approaches. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez, Elvira Dominguez Redondo, and Erica Howard.
• Editors: Baez, Narciso Leandro Xavier; Domínguez Redondo, Elvira; Howard, Erica
• Contents: PART I Typology of Affirmative Action Measures; Chapter 1 Introduction; Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard; Chapter 2 Universalism or Fragmentation: United Nations Treaty Bodies and Affirmative Actions in Latin-America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, China and India; Elvira Dominguez Redondo; PART II Analysis of Affirmative Action Measures; Chapter 3 Unravelling History and undermining Law through Politics: The Erosion of Diversity protection and Emerging Existential Threats to India and China; Joshua Castellino and Sayantani Sen; Chapter 4 Efficacy of Affirmative Action Measures in the United Kingdom and South Africa; Erica Howard; Chapter 5 Effectiveness of Affirmative Action Measures in Brazil; Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez; Chapter 6 The Implementation Process of Affirmative Action Measures in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru; Iván Obando Camino, Gustavo Rayo-Urrutia, Alberto Olivares-Gallardo, Rodrigo Hernández-Fernandez; Chapter 7 Affirmative Actions in Central America: Influence of the International Legislation and Jurisprudence of the Inter-American System; Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos; PART III Case studies; Chapter 8 Women on Corporate Boards of Public Listed Companies - a UK and EU Gender Diversity Conundrum; Hamiisi Junior Nsubuga; Chapter 9 Persons with Disabilities and Access to Higher Education in Brazil; Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet and Gabrielle Bezerra Sales Sarlet; Chapter 10 Achieving Substantive Equality: Mainstreaming Duties to Complement Affirmative Action Measures; Erica Howard; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 342.087; Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation; Affirmative action programs -- Government policy; Discrimination -- Law and legislation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000192988; 9781000192889; 9781000192933; 9780429268991
• Related ISBNs: 9780367219536
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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