LEADER 03465oam 2200721I 450 001 9910786447303321 005 20230126210046.0 010 $a1-136-15718-2 010 $a0-415-62768-0 010 $a0-203-07883-7 010 $a1-283-86079-1 010 $a1-136-15719-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203078839 035 $a(CKB)2670000000299195 035 $a(EBL)1092631 035 $a(OCoLC)820630746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000786918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11501088 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000786918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10803502 035 $a(PQKB)11511830 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1092631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1092631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417329 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133108 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000299195 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$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 $aEquality 615 0$aAffirmative action programs. 615 0$aEthnicity. 615 0$aSocial conflict. 615 0$aEquality. 676 $a331.13/3 701 $aGomez$b Edmund Terence$0858033 701 $aPremdas$b Ralph R$0122366 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786447303321 996 $aAffirmative action, ethnicity, and conflict$93799130 997 $aUNINA