Vânia Penha-Lopes

Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil

University Quota Students and the Quest for Racial Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

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 it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781498537803
• ISBN-10: 1498537804
• Artikelnr.: 47878698

Autorenporträt

Vânia Penha-Lopes is professor of sociology at Bloomfield College.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Brazil Matters: Race as a Mirror
Chapter 1. History in the Making: The Implementation of Affirmative Action
in Brazil Chapter 2: The Students Chapter 3: University Quotas and Racial
Identity Chapter 4. Attitudes about the Quotas Policies Chapter 5. An
Overview of the Performance of Quota Students at Brazilian Universities
Conclusion: The Future of Affirmative Action in Brazil References About the
Author