Moral and Instrumental Rationales for Affirmative Action in Five National Contexts

Autor/in	Moses, Michele S.
Titel	Moral and Instrumental Rationales for Affirmative Action in Five National Contexts
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 39 (2010) 3, S.211-228 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X10365086
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; State Legislation; Affirmative Action; Foreign Countries; News Media; Comparative Education; Public Policy; Federal Legislation; Context Effect; Court Litigation; Research Reports; Economic Impact; Ethnic Diversity; Content Analysis; Moral Values; Brazil; France; India; South Africa; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Landesrecht; Ausland; Nachrichtenwesen; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bundesrecht; Rechtsstreit; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Ökonomische Determinanten; Inhaltsanalyse; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Brasilien; Frankreich; Indien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; USA
Abstract	The author's primary aims are to clarify the differing rationales for affirmative action that have emerged in five nations--France, India, South Africa, the United States, and Brazil--and to make the case for the most compelling rationales, whether instrumentally or morally based. She examines the different social contexts surrounding the establishment and public discussion of each nation's policy. Next, she examines four justifications for affirmative action in these nations: remediation, economics, diversity, and social justice. She offers philosophical analysis of the justifications for affirmative action in each country and synthesizes federal and state legislation, court decisions, news media sources, and research-based scholarship. She argues that the social justice rationale ought to be invoked more centrally, underscoring affirmative action's role in fostering a democratic society. (Contains 3 tables and 14 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10