Affirmative Action Policies and Judicial Review Worldwide

Gerapetritis, George

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22395-7

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“…The reasons for those unsuccessful policies are either due to their: (a) Inappropriateness such as quota distribution policies. According to a couple of studies, the countries that extensively apply quotas do not always achieve either better representation for underrepresented groups or an adequate level of social inclusion (Gerapetritis, 2016). (b) The lack of sufficient financial support to raise or compensate the level of disadvantaged groups; (c) A lack of real political will to address the problem; (d) Or the difficulty to objectively define and apply social equality and equity.…”

Section: Policies Experience From Some Selected Countries Addressing mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many country's objectives to reduce inequalities, especially regional disparities, were simply a fiasco. Some studies show that correcting inequalities is somewhat better through a very high overall social welfare (such as in many Scandinavian countries and countries like New Zealand, Australia, Canada; among others) than extensive use of affirmative action or having constitutional provisions (Gerapetritis, 2016).…”

Section: Policies Experience From Some Selected Countries Addressing mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Speaking of policies addressing inequalities, the US is considered as the birthplace of systematic positive discrimination measures (Gerapetritis, 2016), called affirmative action. The US has experienced large inequalities.…”

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The governments and universities have introduced various affirmative action measures to ease the admission of minority applicants. For the candidates who meet basic criteria, the university added 20 points of bonus out of the total maximum points (the University of Michigan) in order to be admitted (Gerapetritis, 2016). Some Universities have a set number of percentages for minorities to be admitted.…”

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Knowing the importance of such an action in education and society, especially the fact that among several affirmative action plans put in place, according to some surveys, no single one has been firmly and explicitly established yet. Several NGOs are engaged in promoting positive discrimination by launching research programs, lobbying, fundraising, and sponsoring in order to bring institutions to adhere to the idea (Gerapetritis, 2016).…”

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regional Disparities: Analysis of Policy Responses Towards Educational Inequalities in Cameroon

2020

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The rise of regional inequalities within countries, especially in developing countries, has been a heated discussion topic among scholars and political leaders. They significantly increase even though, both nationally and internationally, studies show a slight decline in the poverty rate among the population. This study, therefore, explores inequalities in the education sector and policy responses that address those disparities by focusing specifically on Cameroon. The study explores existing literature, conceptual frameworks and statistical data to highlight inequalities in education in Cameroon. It also examines different perspectives of social inequalities and policy responses in some selected countries in order to find out the best policies and strategies to address regional inequalities in education in Cameroon. The analysis finds out that despite the existence of a huge gap between lagging behind northern regions and other regions, little appropriate has been done regarding policy responses to overcome regional disparities in the education sector. Inequalities in education access, resource provision and quality education between regions are tremendously phenomenal, and it has progressively widened. The education access and provision of resources do not take into consideration the needs and the complexity of each region. Therefore, the study recommends effective special policies regarding the development of infrastructures and the supply of human resources in underserved regions.

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Section: Policies Experience From Some Selected Countries Addressing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Policies Experience From Some Selected Countries Addressing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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