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Author Penha-Lopes, Vânia, author

Title Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice / Vânia Penha-Lopes
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 175 pages)
Contents Introduction: why Brazil matters: race as a mirror -- History in the making: the implementation of affirmative action in Brazil -- The students -- University quotas and racial identity -- Attitudes about the quotas policies -- An overview of the performance of quota students at Brazilian universities -- Conclusion: the future of affirmative action in Brazil
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2017)
Subject Affirmative action programs in education -- Brazil
Universities and colleges -- Brazil -- Admission
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Affirmative action programs in education
Universities and colleges
Brazil
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017023771
ISBN 9781498537797
1498537790