affirmative action

22 Feb 2012
Affirmative action (or positive discrimination) is the use of different standards for assessing different groups of people, so as to help a group that has...
17 Feb 2012
Affirmative action is the term used for a system that instead of operating purely on meritocratic grounds, grants preferential status in selection for people...
26 Jan 2012
The United States has suffered from racial disparity even before it was a nation, and the lasting effects of institutions of racism are still apparent in...
26 Jan 2012
Women are vastly underrepresented in democratic legislatures across the world. Until 20 years ago women had never been more than 5% of MPs in UK Parliament1....
13 Sep 2011
Women are vastly underrepresented in democratic legislatures across the world. Until 20 years ago women had never been more than 5% of MPs in UK Parliament1....
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