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N/A - Affirmative Action in Plural Societies: International Experiences (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity) - 9780230277809 - V9780230277809
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Affirmative Action in Plural Societies: International Experiences (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)

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Description for Affirmative Action in Plural Societies: International Experiences (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity) Hardcover. Global contributors discuss the theoretical controversies concerning the merits and demerits of affirmative action, and explain why affirmative action is needed in multi-ethnic countries. They analyse actual experience with affirmative action policies - their origin, nature and consequences - in nine countries. Editor(s): Brown, Graham; Langer, Arnim; Venugopal, R.; Stewart, Frances. Series: Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Global contributors discuss the theoretical controversies concerning the merits and demerits of affirmative action, and explain why affirmative action is needed in multi-ethnic countries. They analyse actual experience with affirmative action policies their origin, nature and consequences in nine countries.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230277809
SKU
V9780230277809
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About N/A
RULOF BURGER is Senior Lecturer at the Stellenbosch University Department of Economics, South Africa and a research associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University, UK JUDITH HEYER is Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, Honorary Associate of the Oxford Department of International Development and Associate of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University ... Read more

Reviews for Affirmative Action in Plural Societies: International Experiences (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)
"This book provides a perceptive overview of affirmative action and an insightful set of papers on policy contexts, practices and outcomes in seven countries It makes a welcome and important contribution to the literature, as evidenced in the range of perspectives and points of contention reviewed above." - European Journal of Development Research

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