The 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. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ratuva, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2013.
Temas:
Minorities > Political aspects > Fiji.
Minorities > Political aspects > Malaysia.
Minorities > Political aspects > South Africa.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
Relations interethniques > Aspect politique.
Africa.
Asia.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Fiji.
Malaysia.
Melanesia.
Oceania.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Republic of South Africa.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
South East Asia.
Southern Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects
Minorities > Political aspects
Race relations > Political aspects
Fiji > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Fiji > Race relations > Political aspects.
Malaysia > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Malaysia > Race relations > Political aspects.
South Africa > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
South Africa > Race relations > Political aspects.
Malaisie.
Malaisie > Relations interethniques > Aspect politique.
Malaisie > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
Fiji
Malaysia
South Africa
affirmative action.
policy studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Africa
  • 10. Trans-global affirmative action: Some critical lessons.

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