Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches
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Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Affirmative Action and the Law analyses the practical application of affirmative action measures and their efficacy in achieving substantive equality through the lenses of the United Nations human rights machinery and the legal regime and policies implemented in China, India, Central and South America, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The product of a joint research project involving academics from the Brazil, Chile, Mexico, India, Spain and the United Kingdom, the findings identify and reflect on trends emerging from State practice across the world in eradicating structural inequality through special measures for certain designated groups.
The book seeks to provide a coherent and systematic approach to the analysis of special measures in the targeted countries. It also comprises two case-studies with in-depth insights on gender diversity on the boards of public listed companies in the UK and the European Union and the access of persons with disabilities to higher education in Brazil.
The book will be a valuable resource for students and academics in the field of human rights, law, sociology and politics. It will also provide a source of good practice for states and policy makers in the framing of responses to increased inequality at national and international level; and for civil society actors seeking to explore meaningful interaction with a highly controversial topic in society.
Table of Contents
- PART I Typology of Affirmative Action Measures
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard
- Chapter 2 Universalism or Fragmentation: United Nations Treaty Bodies and Affirmative Actions in Latin-America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, China and India
- Elvira Dominguez Redondo
- PART II Analysis of Affirmative Action Measures
- Chapter 3 Unravelling History and undermining Law through Politics: The Erosion of Diversity protection and Emerging Existential Threats to India and China
- Joshua Castellino and Sayantani Sen
- Chapter 4 Efficacy of Affirmative Action Measures in the United Kingdom and South Africa
- Erica Howard
- Chapter 5 Effectiveness of Affirmative Action Measures in Brazil
- Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez
- Chapter 6 The Implementation Process of Affirmative Action Measures in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru Ivan Obando-Camino, Gustavo Rayo-Urrutia, Alberto Olivares-Gallardo, Rodrigo Hernandez-Fernandez
- Chapter 7 Affirmative Actions in Central America: Influence of the International Legislation and Jurisprudence of the Inter-American System
- Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos
- PART III Case studies
- Chapter 8 Women on Corporate Boards of Public Listed Companies - a UK and EU Gender Diversity Conundrum
- Hamiisi Junior Nsubuga
- Chapter 9 Persons with Disabilities and Access to Higher Education in Brazil
- Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet and Gabrielle Bezerra Sales Sarlet
- Chapter 10 Achieving Substantive Equality: Mainstreaming Duties to Complement Affirmative Action Measures
- Erica Howard
- Chapter 11 Conclusion
- Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard
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