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Autore |
Ratuva Steven |
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Titolo |
Politics of preferential development : trans-global study of affirmative action and ethnic conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa / / Steven Ratuva |
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Canberra : , : Australian National University, E Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Minorities - Political aspects |
Race relations - Political aspects |
Ethnic relations - Political aspects |
Malaysia |
South Africa |
Fiji |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements; 1. Affirmative action and trans-global study; 2. Proto-affirmative action: Indigenous Fijian development from cession to independence; 3. Politicized affirmative action: Independence in 1970 to the 1987 military coup; 4. The 1987 military coup: Affirmative action by the gun; 5. Social engineering: Attempts to create an indigenous entrepreneurial class; 6. Appeasement, scams and tension: Affirmative action programs, 1999 to 2006; 7. Post-2006 coup affirmative action: Development at gunpoint; 8. Ethnicity, reform and affirmative action in Malaysia |
9. "Black empowerment" policies: Dilemmas of affirmative action in South Africa10. Trans-global affirmative action: Some critical lessons; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. |
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