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Politics of preference : India, United States, and South Africa / Krishna K. Tummala.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tummala, Krishna K., author.
- Series:
- Public administration and public policy ; 193.
- Public Administration and Public Policy ; 193
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service--Minority employment--India.
- Civil service.
- Civil service--Minority employment--United States.
- Civil service--Minority employment--South Africa.
- Minorities--Employment--Government policy--India.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Employment--Government policy--United States.
- Minorities--Employment--Government policy--South Africa.
- Public administration--Social aspects--India.
- Public administration.
- Public administration--Social aspects--United States.
- Public administration--Social aspects--South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Public Service' has two different aspects to it: political and administrative. Political representation deals with how people's representatives are elected. It is the second area which is of greater interest in that social assets are distributed and administered among the population. As public policies are administered by a myriad of administrators, it should be of interest in how the administrative personnel are selected. As minorities, based on whatever criteria- be they linguistic, religious, ethnic, tribal or racial- have problems everywhere, their representation in public service is considered important. More so, when there had been public policies which historically and deliberately discriminated against certain sections of the community. In other words, how to ensure a 'representative bureaucracy'?-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: Theoretical Pros and Cons of AA; Chapter 3: "Reservations" in India; Chapter 4: "Affirmative Action" in the United States; Chapter 5: "Equal Employment" in South Africa; Chapter 6: Epilogue; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-25329-X
- 1-4665-0389-0
- 9780429253294
- OCLC:
- 889307908
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