Code: 04521154

Equalizing Access

Name: Equalizing Access
Brand: OUP India
SKU: 04521154
Price: 39.75 EUR
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Author: Zoya Hasan
ISBN: 9780198075059

by Zoya Hasan

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: OUP India, 2012
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Book synopsis

The idea of human equality and the requirement from the state to provide equal opportunity to all lie at the foundation of modern democracy. Focusing on the area of higher education, this volume discusses the notion of 'affirmative action', a generic term covering diverse measures-quotas, special institutions for the underprivileged, extra points on a 'scale of deprivation'-that are employed to ensure equal opportunity. While analysing the situation in India, the volume also compares the debates and policies on affirmative action in India with those in the United States and South Africa. The essays explore the influence of the 'creamy layer' on marginalized groups in a community, the new trends in higher education in India, and the place of the hitherto overlooked disparities of gender, religion, and the urban/rural divide in the discourse on affirmative action. The contributors come from varied disciplines including politics, sociology, law, economics, philosophy, and governance.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

39.75 €

Full title: Equalizing Access
Subtitle: Affirmative Action in Higher Education: India, US, and South Africa
Author: Zoya Hasan
Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 296
EAN: 9780198075059
ISBN: 0198075057
ID: 04521154
Publisher: OUP India
Weight: 430 g
Dimensions: 180 × 218 × 24 mm
Date of publishing: 05. January 2012