I've been reading Thomas Sowell for years. For a while, I'd gone off of his books because there are so many other authors to read that I wanted to get maximum exposure to them. It turns out that the grass was not greener on the other side. With respect to this book, it is also a history book, but d
Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study
โ Scribed by Thomas Sowell
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyond the United States to other countries that have had similar policies, often for a longer time than Americans have. It also moves the discussion beyond the theories, principles, and laws that have been so often debated to the actual empirical consequences of affirmative action in the United States and in India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and other countries. Both common patterns and national differences are examined. Much of what emerges from a factual examination of these policies flatly contradicts much of what was expected and much of what has been claimed.
โฆ Subjects
Business & Economics, Economics, General
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This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyond the United States to other countries that have had similar policies, often for a longer time than Americans have. It also moves the discussion beyond the theories, principles, and laws that have been so often debated to the actual empirical