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Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice /

This book focuses on a critical case study of the first students to graduate from university in Brazil under an affirmative action program of racial and social quotas. It places the students' educational trajectories at the center of the debate about racial inequality and the need to eradicate...

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Main Author: Penha-Lopes, Vânia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Affirmative action programs in education > Brazil.
Universities and colleges > Brazil > Admission.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781498537797
1498537790
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why Brazil matters: race as a mirror
  • History in the making: the implementation of affirmative action in Brazil
  • The students
  • University quotas and racial identity
  • Attitudes about the quotas policies
  • An overview of the performance of quota students at Brazilian universities
  • Conclusion: the future of affirmative action in Brazil.

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