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200 00$aAffirmative action, ethnicity, and conflict /$fedited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (228 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge Malaysian studies series ;$v14
225  0$aRoutledge Malaysian studies series ;$v14
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-20558-3 
311   $a0-415-64506-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a1. 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.
330   $aIn recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness. Throughout it explores how far affirmative action programmes reinforce ethnic identities and thereby contribute to division and conflict. The countries covered are India, the United States, South Africa, Norther
410  0$aRoutledge Malaysian Studies Series
606   $aAffirmative action programs
606   $aEthnicity
606   $aSocial conflict
606   $aEquality
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aAffirmative action programs.
615  0$aEthnicity.
615  0$aSocial conflict.
615  0$aEquality.
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701   $aGomez$b Edmund Terence$0858033
701   $aPremdas$b Ralph R$0122366
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906   $aBOOK
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