Politics of preferential development : trans-global study of affirmative action and ethnic conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa

Politics of preferential development trans-global study of affirmative action and ethnic conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa

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The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ratuva, Steven, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : Australian National University, E Press [2013]
Materias:
Minorities > Political aspects.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Malaysia.
South Africa.
Fiji.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423254606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; 1. Affirmative action and trans-global study; 2. Proto-affirmative action: Indigenous Fijian development from cession to independence; 3. Politicized affirmative action: Independence in 1970 to the 1987 military coup; 4. The 1987 military coup: Affirmative action by the gun; 5. Social engineering: Attempts to create an indigenous entrepreneurial class; 6. Appeasement, scams and tension: Affirmative action programs, 1999 to 2006; 7. Post-2006 coup affirmative action: Development at gunpoint; 8. Ethnicity, reform and affirmative action in Malaysia
  • 9. "Black empowerment" policies: Dilemmas of affirmative action in South Africa10. Trans-global affirmative action: Some critical lessons; References; Index

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