10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION»
Discover the use of
positive discrimination in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
positive discrimination and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Women, Power and the Academy: From Rhetoric to Reality
Binod Khadria In the affirmative-action debate, one does not come across an
adequate or intellectually satisfying defense of positive discrimination favouring
women over men in education, employment and promotion to decision-making ...
Mary-Louise Kearney, 2000
2
Equality, Diversity and
Discrimination: How to Comply with ...
Positive discrimination (sometimes termed 'reverse discrimination') in
employment is not permitted by UK law (unless one of the specific exceptions
applies - see 'Genuine occupational requirements and qualifications', page 5). In
other words ...
Lynda A. C. Macdonald, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 2004
3
Dalits and Human Rights: Dalits: the broken future
new Constitution. In fact it started at least 30 years before the new Constitution
was adopted. So, what is this programme of positive discrimination which has
such a long history in India? We will now very briefly indicate the basic features of
...
4
Race and Inequality: World Perspectives on Affirmative Action
Naming the Policy: 'Positive Action' 'Positive Discrimination' or Affirmative Action ..
.? In the 1 970s the Labour government debated the question of whether to have
separate anti-discrimination legislation for gender and race, or whether to have ...
Elaine Kennedy-Dubourdieu, 2006
5
Discrimination in an Unequal World
In the United States, as noted above, many such leaders support affirmative
action even in the form of positive discrimination. In India, however, such leaders
—especially those representing the most elite institutions— line up firmly against
...
Miguel Angel Centeno, Katherine S. Newman, 2010
Positive discrimination An important principle that is at stake here is that of
equality. Positive discrimination is a form of unequal treatment, intended to
compensate for unequal treatment in the past. Examples are the preferential
hiring of ...
7
Principles of Social Justice
FINALLY, LET us LOOK briefly at how the principle of desert I have been
defending bears on the issue of positive discrimination in the job market. I use "
positive discrimination" to cover all policies that give preferential treatment to
women, ...
8
How to Prepare for the Graduate Management Admission Test: ...
Jane believes in positive discrimination. She believes that if positions of power
and honor are offered principally to minority groups, then these groups will begin
to play a more significant role in society today. Bella, on the other hand, feels that
...
Eugene D. Jaffe, Stephen Hilbert, 2004
9
Eyeblink Classical Conditioning Volume 1: Applications in Humans
In a simultaneous feature-positive discrimination, animals learn to respond on
simultaneous presentations of the feature and target (CS, -» CS2) reinforced
trials, but not on target (CS2) nonreinforced trials. When the feature is as salient
or ...
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak, Joseph E. Steinmetz, 2000
10
Employment Law in Context: Text and Materials
The essence of policies promoting the positive discrimination agenda can be
expressed in relatively straightforward terms: they are legal measures adopted to
realize the substantive equality model by enjoining employers to exercise more ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
positive discrimination is used in the context of the following news items.
Roy Hodgson is yet to achieve anything of note - he must EARN a …
And while positive discrimination will always feel uncomfortable, it is preferable to a status quo which allows too much English talent to wither. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Can you make schools integrate?
In Beijing last week there were reports of Chinese parents staging protests against positive discrimination measures to give minority pupils ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
The woman charged with taking Hakuhodo to the world
She added that positive discrimination policies were counter-productive. “I think we're very open and not bureaucratic—also not fake,” she said. «Campaign India, Jul 15»
How the Catholic Church could solve the school patronage problem
If Catholics ever became an endangered minority “positive discrimination” in limited circumstances might warrant reinstatement but that day is a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Empowering women
The Constitution not only guarantees equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of ... «The Echo of India, Jul 15»
Tiffany Jenkins: Women's party ignores major issues
Does it support positive discrimination? Would that be good thing for women and men? In the name of equality, the WEP might be calling for ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
Sadiq Khan will bravely take on the Met…by parroting the …
As for changing the law to allow positive discrimination – this is hardly controversial in the corridors of Scotland Yard. Sir Bernard and other ... «MayorWatch, Jul 15»
Boxpark Croydon will only have food and drink outlets
Mr Wade himself promised there would be "positive discrimination" towards independent and individual food and drink retailers in the scheme. «Croydon Advertiser, Jul 15»
Laura Kuenssberg's a star but why did the BBC only want a woman …
Positive discrimination is just as sexist as the negative sort and anyway, there is nothing positive about it if you're a bloke who has toiled in the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
The politics of data: 1931 & 2015
The bigger point is what the government does with the data: does it make them the basis for targeted positive discrimination of the kind India ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
