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Affirmative Action

2012
Notice « Affirmative action » dans Patrick Savidan (dir.), Dictionnaire des inégalités et de la justice sociale, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2018.
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Affirmative action algorithms

Mathematical Programming, 1986
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Yahya Fathi, Craig A. Tovey
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The Death of Affirmative Action?

2020
In the light of high-profile Supreme Court cases surrounding affirmative action, this book looks at the actors involved in the debate and what they are saying. That is, the book looks at who is setting the line of discussion in the Supreme Court by look at legal documents arguing for and against the case as well as the framing techniques they use to ...
J. Scott Carter, Cameron D. Lippard
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ANA and Affirmative Action

The American Journal of Nursing, 1973
a dramatic change from the optimistic hope that civil rights problems could be resolved quickly to the sober realization that these centuries-old, deep-seated, complex problems could not yield readily to simple solutions. Civil rights legislation attacks only the first aspect of the problem-legal denial of basic rights.
I, Minor, E, Shaw
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Affirmative action in medicine

Current Surgery, 2000
The phrase “affirmative action” implies different things to different people. To some people, it means “reverse discrimination,” “unfair advantage,” or “preferential admissions.” To other people, it may represent “overdue retribution,” a “necessary evil” or a “deserved opportunity.” The culmination of all of the different interpretations complicates ...
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Affirmative Action

2023
Abstract There was a brief period when affirmative action (a small-tent remedy) was a way to create greater educational opportunities for blacks in America. But that ship has sailed. It now faces impassable judicial headwinds. Charting a course toward a realistic blacktopia begins with understanding why we must forget about race-based ...
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Affirmative Action Is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action

Perspectives on Politics, 2005
Affirmative Action Is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action. By Faye J. Crosby. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. 352p. $30.00. Through an informative professional literature review, Faye Crosby intends to educate affirmative action critics and a skeptical public about the real-life operation of and continuing need for a largely misunderstood
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Affirmative Actions

2023
Abstract While racial violence in the enlisted ranks pushed the US Army to address its racial crisis, Army leaders recognized that problems in the enlisted ranks were exacerbated by the drastic shortage of Black officers. The shortage of senior officers (in 1968 only one of 521 Army generals was Black) was due to decisions made long ...
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Affirmative action

Since its introduction 12 years ago, affirmative action has become an increasingly controversial policy to address labour market inequalities in South Africa. In this article BEN ROBERTS, GINA WEIR-SMITH and VASU REDDY examine the reactions of the South African public to affirmative action, the factors influencing these perceptions, and whether they ...
Gwendolyn Combs, Alain Klarsfeld, Gaëlle Cachat-Rosset   +2 more
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Accomplishing the Goals of Affirmative Action—with or without Affirmative Action

Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
(2005). Accomplishing the Goals of Affirmative Action—with or without Affirmative Action. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning: Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 6-13.
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