Ralph Premdas
Biographic Data
| ID | 638468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Premdas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph |
| FAMILY NAME | Premdas |
| SIGNATURE | PREMDAS R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Social justice and affirmative action
While the concept 'justice' undergirds every discourse on affirmative action, its meaning is feverishly contested with contradictory definitions wielded as battling swords in a zero sum struggle over the distribution of scarce material resources and symbolic goods. In part, the issues have become even more important since the number of states that have now embarked on affirmative action policies have been growing and the results have been diverse…
Coolie woman
After the abolition of slavery in 1831, plantation owners in the British colonies of the Caribbean, facing bankruptcy, sought a replacement for their abundant and cheap African labour in the form o
Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict
Introduction: Affirmative Action, Horizontal Inequalities, and Equitable Development Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas 1. Poverty, Equality, and Affirmative Action in India Sunita Parikh 2. The Struggle for Equality and Justice: Affirmative Action in the United States of America Ralph Premdas 3. Ethnicity, Economy, and Affirmative Action in Malaysia Lee Hock Aun, Edmund Terence Gomez, and Shakila Yacob 4. Coerced Preferences: Affirmative Act…
Exceptional Violence
Deborah A. Thomas, EXCEPTIONAL VIOLENCE: EMBODIED CITIZENSHIP IN TRANSNATIONAL JAMAICA, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011, 298 pp., £15.99 (pbk) This book is about violent mainly drug-related
Trinidad and Tobago
How does a multi-ethnic society resolve the contentious issue of resource allocation without damaging the state? This study examines inequality in terms of distributive justice, adaptation of politica
Diaspora and its discontents
The essay examines the role of The Ontario Society for Services to the Indo-Caribbean Community [OSSICC], a historic organization that sought to assert the dignity and re-discover the identity of Indo-Caribbean persons as a fragment of the Caribbean diaspora in Toronto, Canada. While it points to the achievement in representing the interests of its members for symbolic cultural recognition, it underscored the limitations in the political arena fo…
General Rabuka and the Fiji Elections of 1992
Research Article| October 01 1993 General Rabuka and the Fiji Elections of 1992 Ralph Premdas Ralph Premdas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1993) 33 (10): 997–1009. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645098 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search…
Exceptional Violence
Deborah A. Thomas, EXCEPTIONAL VIOLENCE: EMBODIED CITIZENSHIP IN TRANSNATIONAL JAMAICA, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011, 298 pp., £15.99 (pbk) This book is about violent mainly drug-related
Coolie woman
After the abolition of slavery in 1831, plantation owners in the British colonies of the Caribbean, facing bankruptcy, sought a replacement for their abundant and cheap African labour in the form o
Diaspora and its discontents
The essay examines the role of The Ontario Society for Services to the Indo-Caribbean Community [OSSICC], a historic organization that sought to assert the dignity and re-discover the identity of Indo-Caribbean persons as a fragment of the Caribbean diaspora in Toronto, Canada. While it points to the achievement in representing the interests of its members for symbolic cultural recognition, it underscored the limitations in the political arena fo…
Social justice and affirmative action
While the concept 'justice' undergirds every discourse on affirmative action, its meaning is feverishly contested with contradictory definitions wielded as battling swords in a zero sum struggle over the distribution of scarce material resources and symbolic goods. In part, the issues have become even more important since the number of states that have now embarked on affirmative action policies have been growing and the results have been diverse…
General Rabuka and the Fiji Elections of 1992
Research Article| October 01 1993 General Rabuka and the Fiji Elections of 1992 Ralph Premdas Ralph Premdas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1993) 33 (10): 997–1009. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645098 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search…
Diaspora and its discontents
The essay examines the role of The Ontario Society for Services to the Indo-Caribbean Community [OSSICC], a historic organization that sought to assert the dignity and re-discover the identity of Indo-Caribbean persons as a fragment of the Caribbean diaspora in Toronto, Canada. While it points to the achievement in representing the interests of its members for symbolic cultural recognition, it underscored the limitations in the political arena fo…
Trinidad and Tobago
How does a multi-ethnic society resolve the contentious issue of resource allocation without damaging the state? This study examines inequality in terms of distributive justice, adaptation of politica
Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict
Introduction: Affirmative Action, Horizontal Inequalities, and Equitable Development Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas 1. Poverty, Equality, and Affirmative Action in India Sunita Parikh 2. The Struggle for Equality and Justice: Affirmative Action in the United States of America Ralph Premdas 3. Ethnicity, Economy, and Affirmative Action in Malaysia Lee Hock Aun, Edmund Terence Gomez, and Shakila Yacob 4. Coerced Preferences: Affirmative Act…
Exceptional Violence
Deborah A. Thomas, EXCEPTIONAL VIOLENCE: EMBODIED CITIZENSHIP IN TRANSNATIONAL JAMAICA, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011, 298 pp., £15.99 (pbk) This book is about violent mainly drug-related
Coolie woman
After the abolition of slavery in 1831, plantation owners in the British colonies of the Caribbean, facing bankruptcy, sought a replacement for their abundant and cheap African labour in the form o
Social justice and affirmative action
While the concept 'justice' undergirds every discourse on affirmative action, its meaning is feverishly contested with contradictory definitions wielded as battling swords in a zero sum struggle over the distribution of scarce material resources and symbolic goods. In part, the issues have become even more important since the number of states that have now embarked on affirmative action policies have been growing and the results have been diverse…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Affirmative action (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)