02603 am 22005533u 450 991014212170332120200520144314.01-925021-03-3(CKB)2670000000485372(EBL)4572861(WaSeSS)IndRDA00057414(Au-PeEL)EBL4572861(CaPaEBR)ebr11232400(OCoLC)849317063(MiAaPQ)EBC4572861(EXLCZ)99267000000048537220160713h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPolitics of preferential development trans-global study of affirmative action and ethnic conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa /Steven RatuvaCanberra :Australian National University, E Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (282 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-925021-02-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Malaysia9. "Black empowerment" policies: Dilemmas of affirmative action in South Africa10. Trans-global affirmative action: Some critical lessons; References; IndexThe book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups.MinoritiesPolitical aspectsRace relationsPolitical aspectsEthnic relationsPolitical aspectsMalaysiaSouth AfricaFijiMinoritiesPolitical aspects.Race relationsPolitical aspects.Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects.Ratuva Steven802390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910142121703321Politics of preferential development2133708UNINA