TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Graham
AU  - Langer,Arnim
AU  - Stewart,Frances
TI  - Affirmative action in plural societies : international experiences 
SN  - 9780230277809 
U1  - 331.133 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Affirmative action programs
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Affirmative action programs in education
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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