Affirmative action policy

Inclusion, exclusion, and the global public good

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21728086
AutoresSuchitra Gururaj (0000-0001-8555-2303, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia), Patrícia Somers (The University of Texas at Austin), Jessica Fry (University of Texas at Austin, USA), Jessica J Fry (The University of Texas at Austin), Del Watson (0000-0003-0489-6505, The University of Texas at Austin), Francesca Cicero (The University of Texas at Austin), M C Morosini (0000-0002-3445-1040, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Marília Morosini (0000-0002-2433-5783, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Jennifer Zamora (The University of Texas at Austin)
Año2021
Volumen19
Número1
Páginas63-83
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy Futures in Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1478-2103 • E-ISSN: 1478-2103
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1478210320940139
OpenAlexW3044097457
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas28

Social inclusion policy in higher education—also referenced as affirmative action, reservations, schedules, or antidiscrimination—has been used widely to promote equity and access for minority and historically discriminated subgroups who wish to participate in tertiary education. Inclusion is often protected de jure through a country’s constitution. Even so, the effects of the legislation vary according to the context within which it was instituted. This article offers a comparative review of the historical and legal evolution of social inclusion in higher education in Brazil, India, South Africa, and the United States and the educational outcomes created by systems of social inclusion around the world. The development and impacts of these policies are discussed within the frameworks of social inclusion and critical legal studies to suggest that social inclusion policy links higher education to its place

Affirmative action · Constitution · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Legislation · Political science · Public policy · Social exclusion · Social science · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Human Rights and Development · Law · Public Administration