Affirmative action policies and judicial review worldwide [electronic resource] / George Gerapetritis.
2016
K1770
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Title
Affirmative action policies and judicial review worldwide [electronic resource] / George Gerapetritis.
ISBN
9783319223957 (electronic book)
331922395X (electronic book)
9783319223940
331922395X (electronic book)
9783319223940
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-22395-7 doi
Call Number
K1770
Dewey Decimal Classification
341.763
Summary
This book discusses affirmative action or positive discrimination, defined as measures awarding privileges to certain groups that have historically suffered discrimination or have been underrepresented in specific social sectors. The book?s underlying rationale is that one cannot place at the same starting point people who have been treated differently in the past because in this way one merely perpetuates a state of difference and, in turn, social gaps are exaggerated and social cohesion is endangered. Starting out with an introduction on the meaning and typology of affirmative action policies, the book goes on to emphasise the interaction of affirmative action with traditional values of liberal state, such as equality, meritocracy, democracy, justice, liberalism and socialism. It reveals the affirmative action goals from a legal and sociological point of view, examining the remedial, cultural, societal, pedagogical and economy purposes of such action. After applying an institutional narrative of the implementation of affirmative action worldwide, the book explains the jurisprudence on the issue through syntheses and antitheses of structural and material variables, such as the institutional recognition of the policies, the domains of their implementation and their beneficiaries. The book eventually makes an analytical impact assessment following the implementation of affirmative action plans and the judicial response, especially in relation to the conventional human rights doctrine, by establishing a liaison between affirmative action and social and group rights. The book applies a multi-disciplinary and comparative methodology in order to assess the ethical standing of affirmative action policies, the public interests involved and their effectiveness towards actual equality. In the light of the above analysis, the monograph explains the arguments considering affirmative action as a theology for substantive equality and the arguments treating this policy as anathema for liberalism. A universal discussion currently at its peak.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 5, 2015).
Series
Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; volume 47.
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Print version: 9783319223940
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Moral Question: Interacting with Traditional Values
3. The Sociological Question: Goals and Legitimacy
4. The Policy Question: Diverse Worldwide Practices
5. The Legal Question: Method and Intensity of Judicial Review
6. Conclusion
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Index (per material).
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Moral Question: Interacting with Traditional Values
3. The Sociological Question: Goals and Legitimacy
4. The Policy Question: Diverse Worldwide Practices
5. The Legal Question: Method and Intensity of Judicial Review
6. Conclusion
Index (per country)
Index (per material).