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Showing 1 to 20 of 188 for “"affirmative action"”.
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Employment Discrimination and Affirmative Action: Are Affirmative Action Plans Helpful or Hurtful?
… to avoid lawsuits, many employers implemented affirmative action plans to employ and promote minorities and females. Preferential treatment of minorities under affirmative action plans then resulted in lawsuits by Caucasian males alleging reverse discrimination claims. Caucasian males claimed …
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Affirmative action: a comparative perspective
The issue of affirmative action is topical world wide, but is of particular relevance to South Africa, which is attempting to end discriminatory employment practices, and to promote employment opportunities for previously disadvantaged groups. The experience of other countries in striving for …
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Affirmative action and the interim constitution
The stately inauguration of President Nelson Mandela on 1 O May 1994 sounded the death knell of the longest and most stubborn era of institutionalised racism and inequality known to mankind. The generals who escorted him safely onto the podium will never again receive their orders from a chain of …
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Towards an understanding of affirmative action (AA)
… order of the day. There exists major dissatisfaction and disillusion with the current AA processes. An understanding of the phenomenon AA would be useful in the consideration and successful implementation of future AA processes. The reasons for the study include: a lack of clarity with regard …
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Affirmative action and Bolsa Família in Brazil
… a great deal of recognition in Brazil, while affirmative action is a controversial race based program with less political support. Affirmative action in Brazil though is usually framed in nonracial terms, specifically in the most important piece of Brazilian affirmative action legislation, the …
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State Mandated Affirmative Action Requirements on Independent Higher Education Institutions in Iowa and the Characteristics of the Affirmative Action Coordinators
… to identify those states which had mandated affirmative for independent colleges and universities and to examine the salient characteristics of the affirmative action coordinators in independent higher-education institutions in Iowa. Procedure: Two questionnaires were used: one was sent to …
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Affirmative action and black empowerment in tourism industry
No abstract by author in copy of thesis available at UNAM. The following is taken from the author's introduction:
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A legal and philosophical inquiry into affirmative action
… thesis explores the controversial question of affirmative action in higher education. The United States Supreme Court's recent ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S.---(2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger, 529 U.S.---(2003) is sparking a resurgence of debate over the issue. Both Grutter and Gratz …
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Examining Political Orientation, Attributional style, and Affirmative Action
… attributional style, emotion, and support for Affirmative Action were investigated. Questionnaire data were collected from a university sample in southern California. The results indicate a positive correlation between political orientation and attributional style. A ,negative correlation was …
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An Exploratory Analysis of Affirmative Action in Admission Processes
… at Austin in conjunction with previous affirmative action cases. I question what the Court’s decision for the <em>Fisher</em> case will be and what this means for future affirmative action policies in higher education. I pose the question: Is affirmative action still needed today? I use …
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Racial, not rational : economic threat, symbolic racism, and affirmative action
… racialized policies such as welfare, busing, and affirmative action. While some have argued that whites formulate their positions rationally according to perceived economic threat, others have asserted that such policy attitudes are the function of one's level of symbolic racism, with little to no …
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Affirmative Action policy and Labour Market Structure: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
… subjects have attracted as much attention as Affirmative Action Policy (AAP) in social sciences. AAP’s main aim is to eliminate or prevent past discrimination against disadvantaged groups and to enhance their position in society. Its role has become controversial around the world. In Saudi …
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Affirmative action, quotas and hiring in San Bernardino County school districts
Affirmative action, more strongly than ever before in the history of its existence as a viable approach to bringing minorities and women into work force populations, has been called into question. Much rhetoric has been spent on whether or not minorities and women have made measurable gains because …
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Affirmative action, quotas and hiring in San Bernardino County school districts
Affirmative action, more strongly than ever before in the history of its existence as a viable approach to bringing minorities and women into work force populations, has been called into question. Much rhetoric has been spent on whether or not minorities and women have made measurable gains because …
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