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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786447303321

Titolo

Affirmative action, ethnicity, and conflict / / edited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-15718-2

0-415-62768-0

0-203-07883-7

1-283-86079-1

1-136-15719-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Routledge Malaysian studies series ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

GomezEdmund Terence

PremdasRalph R

Disciplina

331.13/3

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs

Ethnicity

Social conflict

Equality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Poverty, equality, and affirmative action in India / Sunita Parikh -- 2. The struggle for equality and justice : affirmative action in the United States of America / Ralph Premdas -- 3. Ethnicity, economy, and affirmative action in Malaysia / Hwok-Aun Lee, Edmund Terence Gomez, and Shakila Yacob -- 4. Coerced preferences : affirmative action and horizontal inequality in Fiji / Steven Ratuva -- 5. Affirmative action in South Africa : disadvantaging the many for the benefit of the few / Anthea Jeffery -- 6. Power-sharing, communal contestation, and equality : affirmative action, identity, and conflict in Northern Ireland / Colin Harvey -- 7. Appraising affirmative action in Brazil / Joaze Bernardino-Costa and Fernando Rosa.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book



examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness. Throughout it explores how far affirmative action programmes reinforce ethnic identities and thereby contribute to division and conflict. The countries covered are India, the United States, South Africa, Norther