Kanya Adam
Biographic Data
| ID | 715843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kanya Adam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Adam |
| SIGNATURE | ADAM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Apartheid and Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Apartheid is a uniquely South African policy of racial engineering through which European colonizers tried to ensure their supremacy between 1948 and 1994. Invented by the Afrikaner section of the minority white population, it also aimed at advancing exclusive Afrikaner nationalism. Prior to the institutionalized racialism, British colonial informal segregation had achieved similar effects, although racial mixing and inter‐racial relationships we…
Thinking about the significance of Nelson Mandela for education
We have arrived, almost inevitably, at the point where Nelson Mandela’s significance for education needs to be scholarly discussed. In the period building up to and in the wake of his death in Dece
The Colour of Business: Managing Diversity in South Africa
Affirmative action and popular perceptions: The case of South Africa
The Politics of Redress: South African Style Affirmative Action
AFFIRMATIVE action in South Africa – sometimes referred to by euphemisms such as ‘corrective action’, ‘reverse discrimination’, or ‘positive action’ – can be understood as a remedial strategy which seeks to address the legal historical exclusion of a majority. Unlike most other countries in which minorities are targeted, in South Africa a previously disenfranchised majority is the beneficiary of such policies. Quite distinct from North American n…
The Politics of Redress: South African Style Affirmative Action
AFFIRMATIVE action in South Africa – sometimes referred to by euphemisms such as ‘corrective action’, ‘reverse discrimination’, or ‘positive action’ – can be understood as a remedial strategy which seeks to address the legal historical exclusion of a majority. Unlike most other countries in which minorities are targeted, in South Africa a previously disenfranchised majority is the beneficiary of such policies. Quite distinct from North American n…
Thinking about the significance of Nelson Mandela for education
We have arrived, almost inevitably, at the point where Nelson Mandela’s significance for education needs to be scholarly discussed. In the period building up to and in the wake of his death in Dece
The Politics of Redress: South African Style Affirmative Action
AFFIRMATIVE action in South Africa – sometimes referred to by euphemisms such as ‘corrective action’, ‘reverse discrimination’, or ‘positive action’ – can be understood as a remedial strategy which seeks to address the legal historical exclusion of a majority. Unlike most other countries in which minorities are targeted, in South Africa a previously disenfranchised majority is the beneficiary of such policies. Quite distinct from North American n…
Affirmative action and popular perceptions: The case of South Africa
The Colour of Business: Managing Diversity in South Africa
Thinking about the significance of Nelson Mandela for education
We have arrived, almost inevitably, at the point where Nelson Mandela’s significance for education needs to be scholarly discussed. In the period building up to and in the wake of his death in Dece
Apartheid and Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Apartheid is a uniquely South African policy of racial engineering through which European colonizers tried to ensure their supremacy between 1948 and 1994. Invented by the Afrikaner section of the minority white population, it also aimed at advancing exclusive Afrikaner nationalism. Prior to the institutionalized racialism, British colonial informal segregation had achieved similar effects, although racial mixing and inter‐racial relationships we…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Action (physics) (2 works) · Affirmative action (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 works)