Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300101996 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Powerful, Honest, and Thorough Study on Affirmative Action Around the World This is basically the culmination of a 30 year long study of Dr. Sowell's that covers affirmative action not only in the US, but also in various countries around the world, particularly India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria. He analyzes very thoroughly the trends that occur with affirmative action, and backs up everything with hard data and a multitude of re. Real World Data on Affirmative Action Thomas Sowell again delivers a data filled analysis of what really happens, not what people wish would happen with affirmative action. By providing detailed examples over several decades of affirmative action in many countries, he provides insight into what could be the results in the USA. This approach removes some of the inbuilt perceptions about our black/w. "Dr. Sowell Sheds Critical Light on a Most Divisive Issue" according to D. A. Martin. Affirmative action has been arguably the most politically divisive topic in the post-Civil Rights era. President John F. Kennedy originally coined the phrase in an executive order to eliminate discrimination - past and present and primarily suffered by blacks - based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. In concept, the initial rationale was based
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.. 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
Most damning is that in all five countries, the upper crust of preferred groups reaped the lion's share of benefits. In those nations, preferences for minorities metamorphosed into preferences for majorities (e.g., women, when made affirmative-action candidates in the U.S., tipped the numbers of the preferred to more than half the populace), intergroup friction increased (Sri Lanka, once a model of ethnic cooperation, descended into civil war, as did Nigeria), "brain drain" occurred (in Malaysia, preferences for less-educated Malays led to massive Chinese emigration and the ouster of Chinese-dominated Singapore from the Malay federation), and/or something else bad happened. From Booklist Preferring m