Affirmative Action In The United States And India: A Comparative Perspective

Size: 24x16.5cm, This impressive book utilizes a cost-benefit framework to develop a general model for the comparative analysis of positive discrimination policies and reviews systematically the available empirical evidence on the consequences of those policies in admissions to higher education institutions in both the US and India. As an exercise in the application of cost-benefit analysis, this book is an important contribution. However, it is as scholarly contribution to one of the msot topical and important issues facing the world today that this book really makes it mark. ISBN:9780415700023 xviii+286 Yr. of Pub.2004 Hard Bound