Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches / edited by Erica Howard, Elvira Dominguez Redondo, and Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Howard, Erica, editor.
• Domínguez Redondo, Elvira, editor.
• Baez, Narciso Leandro Xavier, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation.
• Affirmative action programs--Government policy.
• Discrimination--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

"This book examines the role of temporary affirmative action measures in redressing structural inequalities suffered by designated groups. It presents a comparison of affirmative action measures and the actual experience in implementing them. The work addresses the theoretical framework informing the design of such measures and the international framework aimed at setting global standards and influencing the direction of national policies in this field. It then seeks to assess the progress of such legal and policy measures in Central and South America, China, India, South Africa and the United Kingdom. This collective research effort, based on a wider collaboration between researchers based in Latin America and Europe purports to provide a counter-narrative to the prevalent argument that human rights are failing because they are inadequate in countering inequality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Introduction / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard
• Universalism or fragmentation : United Nations Treaty bodies and affirmative actions in Latin-America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, and India / Elvira Dominguez Redondo
• Unravelling history and undermining law through politics : the erosion of diversity protection and emerging existential threats to India and China / Joshua Castellino and Sayantani Sen
• Efficacy of affirmative action measures in the United Kingdom and South Africa / Erica Howard
• Effectiveness of affirmative action measures in Brazil / Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez
• The implementation process of affirmative action measures in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru / Iván Obando Camino, Gustavo Rayo-Urrutia, Alberto Olivares-Gallardo, Rodrigo Hernández-Fernandez
• Affirmative actions in Central America : influence of the international legislation and jurisprudence of the inter-American system / Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos
• Women on corporate boards of public listed companies - a UK and EU gender diversity conundrum / Hamiisi Junior Nsubuga
• Persons with disabilities and access to higher education in Brazil / Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet and Gabrielle Bezerra Sales Sarlet
• Achieving substantive equality : mainstreaming duties to complement affirmative action measures / Erica Howard
• Conclusion / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 0-429-26899-8
• 1-000-19298-9