Affirmative action around the world : an empirical study / Thomas Sowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sowell, Thomas, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affirmative action programs in education--Cross-cultural studies.

Affirmative action programs in education.

Discrimination in education--Cross-cultural studies.

Discrimination in education.

Discrimination in employment--Cross-cultural studies.

Discrimination in employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyond the United States to other countries that have had similar policies, often for a longer time than Americans have. It also moves the discussion beyond the theories, principles, and laws that have been so often debated to the actual empirical consequences of affirmative action in the United States and in India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and other countries. Both common patterns and national differences are examined. Much of what emerges from a factual examination of these policies flatly contradicts much of what was expected and much of what has been claimed.

Contents:

An international perspective

Affirmative action in India

Affirmative action in Malaysia

Affirmative action in Sri Lanka

Affirmative action in Nigeria

Affirmative action in the United States

The past and the future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-231) and index.

ISBN:

9786611721770

9781281721778

1281721778

9780300128352

0300128355

OCLC:

952731926