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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52477391 Title: Affirmative action around the world : an empirical study Author: Thomas Sowell Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004. ISBN/ISSN: 0300101996 9780300101997 0300107757 9780300107753 OCLC:52477391

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Affirmative action around the world : an empirical study

Author:	Thomas Sowell
Publisher:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Annotation In this important book, an eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action, investigating its actual consequences in the United States and in other countries where it has been in effect. Evaluating his empirical data, Thomas Sowell concludes that race preference programs worldwide have not met expectations and have often produced the opposite of what was really intended. Annotation An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue. Read more...
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Subjects	Affirmative action programs in education -- Cross-cultural studies. Discrimination in employment -- Cross-cultural studies. Discrimination in education -- Cross-cultural studies. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Cross-cultural studies Études transculturelles
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Thomas Sowell Find more information about:
ISBN:	0300101996 9780300101997 0300107757 9780300107753
OCLC Number:	52477391
Description:	x, 239 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:	An international perspective -- Affirmative action in India -- Affirmative action in Malaysia -- Affirmative action in Sri Lanka -- Affirmative action in Nigeria -- Affirmative action in the United States -- The past and the future.
Responsibility:	Thomas Sowell.
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