Author: Safran William
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 113632416X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society.
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780300107753
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue
Author: Thomas E. Weisskopf
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-01-22
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1135997314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two of the most important national experiences with policies of positive discrimination are the cases of 'Affirmative Action' in the United States and 'Reservation Policies' in India.
Author: Devanesan Nesiah
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Is An Inter-Country Study Of Affirmative Action. It Is Multi-Disciplinary Both In Its Analytical Approach And Substantive Focus, Bringing Together The Fields Of Public Policy, Law, Education, Sociology And History.
Author: Martin Warburg
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2011-07-27
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1462851827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James Sterba
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011-01-15
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0801457602
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open. In 2003, U.S. Supreme Court's Grutter and Gratz decisions vindicated the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action program while striking down the particular affirmative action program used for undergraduates at the university. In 2006 and 2008, state referendums banned affirmative action in some states while upholding it in others. Taking these developments into account, James P. Sterba draws on his vast experience as a champion of affirmative action to mount a new moral and legal defense of the practice as a useful tool for social reform. Sterba documents the level of racial and sexual discrimination that still exists in the United States and then, arguing that diversity is a public good, he calls for expansion of the reach of affirmative action as a mechanism for encouraging true diversity. In his view, we must include in our understanding of affirmative action the need to favor those who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, regardless of race and sex. Elite colleges and universities could best facilitate opportunities for students from working-class and poor families, in Sterba's view, by cutting back on legacy and athletic preferences that overwhelmingly benefit wealthy white applicants.
Author: Laura Dudley Jenkins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-04
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 131774845X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Affirmative Action Matters focuses specifically on affirmative action policies in higher education admissions, the sphere that has been the most controversial in many of the nations that have such policies. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse nations to examine and discuss the historical, political and philosophical contexts of affirmative action and clarify policy developments to further the meaningful equality of educational opportunity. This unique volume includes both well established and emerging policies from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, policies which developed under a variety of political systems and target a range of underrepresented groups, based on race, ethnicity, gender, class, social background, or region. Accessible and thought provoking case studies of affirmative action demonstrate that such policies are expanding to different countries and target populations. While some countries, such as India, have affirmative action policies that predate those in the United States, affirmative action is a recent development in countries such as Brazil and France. Legal or political pressures to move away from explicitly race-based policies in several countries have complicated affirmative action and make this assessment of international alternatives particularly timely. New or newly modified policies target a variety of disadvantaged groups, based on geography, class, or caste, in addition to race or sex. International scholars in six countries spanning five continents offer insights into their own countries’ experiences to examine the implications of policy shifts from race toward other categories of disadvantage, to consider best practices in student admission policies, and to assess the future of affirmative action.