Affirmative action, ethnicity, and conflict [electronic resource] / edited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2013. - xv, 213 p. - Routledge Malaysian studies series ; 14 . - Routledge Malaysian studies series ; 14. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. 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.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Affirmative action programs.
Ethnicity.
Social conflict.
Equality.


Electronic books.