The Political Economy of Ethnic Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Comparative PerspectiveMichael Louis Wyzan The nine essays collected here examine ethnic relations, discrimination, and affirmative action in different regions of the world. The contributors focus throughout on the political economy of ethnic relations - an area that has until now been largely neglected in the literature. Written by economists, the papers both offer theoretical and empirical insights into standard neoclassical models of discrimination and explore in depth the historical and institutional features of the specific cases under study. Six of the papers address discrimination and affirmative action in developing countries; the remaining essays examine the problem as it has been manifested in socialist states. The aim throughout is to offer the reader an enhanced understanding of the economic and political genesis of the often catastrophic problems associated with ethnic discrimination. |
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... district as well as communities located much farther down the eastern coast in the Amparai and Batticaloa districts . The latter two districts are also served by projects constructed on the Gal Oya river . Unlike the foregoing schemes ...
... districts but only marginally improved in the Tamil - dominated districts through the GSL's water resource planning ; ( 2 ) an important component of the GSL's irrigation plan for the traditional Tamil dis- tricts was the resettlement ...
... Districts , 1961-63 to 1981-83 Average Average Sinhalese 1961/63 1981/83 Districts Province ( hectares ) Polonnaruwa North - central 37,340 ( hectares ) Total Percent Change Change Irrigated ( hectares ) ( percent ) ( 1979/80 ) 54,802 ...
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A Comparison | 1 |
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Human Rights Affirmative Action and Land Reform in Latin | 25 |
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