Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice /

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This book focuses on a critical case study of the first students to graduate from university in Brazil under an affirmative action program of racial and social quotas. It places the students' educational trajectories at the center of the debate about racial inequality and the need to eradicate...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Penha-Lopes, Vânia (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Sujets:
Affirmative action programs in education > Brazil.
Universities and colleges > Brazil > Admission.
Programmes d'action positive en éducation > Brésil.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Affirmative action programs in education
Universities and colleges
Brazil
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction: why Brazil matters: race as a mirror
  • History in the making: the implementation of affirmative action in Brazil
  • The students
  • University quotas and racial identity
  • Attitudes about the quotas policies
  • An overview of the performance of quota students at Brazilian universities
  • Conclusion: the future of affirmative action in Brazil.

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