Discrimination with Reason?: The Policy of Reservations in the United States, India and Malaysia (Record no. 35947)
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| fixed length control field | 01797nam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780195639834 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0195639839 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305 |
| Item number | NES |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Nesiah, Devanesan ; |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Discrimination with Reason?: The Policy of Reservations in the United States, India and Malaysia |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Delhi ; New York : |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication | 1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 344 pages ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Bibliography, Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This is a comparative examination of reservation policy in USA, India and Malaysia. It addresses issues relevant to <br/>Reservation policies have been the subject of heated debate wherever they have operated. Various schemes for reverse discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, or geographical location have been in force in a number of developed and developing countries, and have evolved in response to certain socio-political problems arising from persistent disparities and a history of discrimination and marginalization. Affirmative Action in the USA, Protective Discrimination in India, Bumiputra Preferences in Malaysia involve reverse discrimination designed to compensate for existing inequalities. The author asks whether such policies are in fact sound and accomplish the ends they are designed to fulfill. Discrimination with Reason is an inter-country study of affirmative action. It is multidisciplinary both in its analytical approach and substantive focus, bringing together the fields of public policy, law, education, sociology and history. The book evaluates the theoretical aspects as well as the practical implementation of the policy of positive discrimination. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Discrimination -- United States. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Discrimination -- India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Discrimination -- Malaysia. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Sri Lanka Collection |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Sri Lanka Collection | 10/06/1998 | Purchased | 1287.00 | 305 NES | 004600 | Sri Lanka Collection |