Equalizing access : affirmative action in higher education in India, United States, and South Africa / edited by Zoya Hasan and Martha Nussbaum.

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 273. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198075059 (hbk.)
0198075057 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

379.26 23

LOC classification:

LA1153 .E68 2012

Contents:

Contents: On the sites of remedial justice : colleges, clinics, and the state -- Rethinking affirmative action in admissions to higher educational institutions -- Affirmative action and the goals of education -- Affirmative action and the "Efficiency argument" -- Indian social justice versus American affirmative action and the case of higher education -- Redressing the colonial/apartheid legacy : social equity, redress, and higher education admisssions in democratic South Africa -- Affirmative action in higher education : the ambivalent experience of the United States -- How Parliament dicusses reservations : examining the debates on the Central Educational Bill -- Towards a new paradigm for ensuring universal access to quality education -- Social justice and higher education in India today : markets, states, ideologies, and inequalities in a fluid context -- Trapped in an invisible present : Muslims and disparities in higher education -- After reservations : caste, institutional isomorphism, and affirmative action in the IITs.

Summary: Papers presented at a conference on 'Affirmative action in higher education in India, United States, and South Africa', held at New Delhi in March 2008.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	379.26 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		27489

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:
On the sites of remedial justice : colleges, clinics, and the state --
Rethinking affirmative action in admissions to higher educational institutions --
Affirmative action and the goals of education --
Affirmative action and the "Efficiency argument" --
Indian social justice versus American affirmative action and the case of higher education --
Redressing the colonial/apartheid legacy : social equity, redress, and higher education admisssions in democratic South Africa --
Affirmative action in higher education : the ambivalent experience of the United States --
How Parliament dicusses reservations : examining the debates on the Central Educational Bill --
Towards a new paradigm for ensuring universal access to quality education --
Social justice and higher education in India today : markets, states, ideologies, and inequalities in a fluid context --
Trapped in an invisible present : Muslims and disparities in higher education --
After reservations : caste, institutional isomorphism, and affirmative action in the IITs.

Papers presented at a conference on 'Affirmative action in higher education in India, United States, and South Africa', held at New Delhi in March 2008.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.