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ERIC Number: EJ630480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Affirmative Action and Education in Fiji: Legitimation, Contestation, and Colonial Discourse.
White, Carmen M.
Harvard Educational Review, v71 n2 p240-68 Sum 2001
As in the United States, affirmative action policies in Fiji were intended to correct past injustices. However, their proponents' use of colonial discourse fails to acknowledge the historical roots of the lower educational attainment of Fijians, which is a legacy of colonial policies. (SK)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Colonialism, Discourse Analysis, Educational Attainment, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fiji