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Affirmative action through extra prizes by Dahm, Matthias, Esteve-González, Patricia

“…Some affirmative action policies establish that a set of disadvantaged competitors has access to an extra prize. …”
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Competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia: complementarity or conflict? by Ahamat, Haniff, Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin

“…This paper examines the interface between competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia. It analyses the different goals of competition law and explains how the law may accommodate affirmative action whose policies have been implemented in Malaysia in various forms including the National Economic Policy (NEP). …”
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Competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia: complementarity or conflict? by Ahamat, Haniff, Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Mohamed, Abdul Majid Hafiz

“…This paper examines the interface between competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia. It analyses the different goals of competition law and explains how that may accommodate Malaysia’s race-based affirmative action programme (or also known as the pro-Bumiputera policies) introduced via the New Economic Policy (NEP) post 1969 racial riot and adopted in 1971. …”
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An unlikely hero: the origins of affirmative action during the Nixon administration by Yuill, Kevin

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An Analysis of the constitutional principles of equality and affirmative action vis-à-vis employment in Malaysia by Noor Shuhadawati Mohamad Amin, Nor Hafizah Mohd Badrol Afandi

“…This is because affirmative action policy is also embedded in the constitution that aims at protecting the Bumiputera. …”
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Issues in implementing affirmative action in Malaysia by Mohd Anuar, Haslinda, Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Mohamed, Mazita, Azhar, Alias

“…The objective of this paper is to identify the issues in implementing affirmative action in Malaysia. Doctrinal legal research methodology has been used to achieve the objective. …”
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Employee Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Diversity Management in the Australian Public Service: Rhetoric and Reality by Soldan, Zhanna, Nankervis, Alan

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Equality vis-a-vis affirmative action from different perspectives by Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Azhar, Alias, Mohd Anuar, Haslinda, Mohamed, Mazita

“…This article applies doctrinal legal research and interview where the theory of equality and affirmative action were intensely examined. This article provides an insight to the concept of equality and the operation of affirmative action as provided under the Federal Constitution from different perspectives.…”
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Essays in development and education economics by Vinod, Athira

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Challenging Implicit Gender Bias in Science: Positive representations of female scientists in fiction by Merrick, Helen

“…Despite decades of research and affirmative action, women continue to be under-represented in the sciences. …”
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A case study analysis : Johor Corporation / Adnan Aziz and Fairul Azni Jaafar by Aziz, Adnan, Jaafar, Fairul Azni

“…Within the context of Malaysia's New Economic Policy that has been launched in 1970, Jcorp. was been assigned with the responsibility of making a success of the Government's affirmative action program so vital to the nation's need to sustain social harmony and political stability.…”
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A hyphenated identity: fostering national unity through education in Malaysia and Singapore by Hashim, Rosnani, Tan, Charlene

“…The Malaysian government chooses to promote ethnic Malay interests through affirmative action policies in education, while the Singapore government professes to treat all the ethnic groups equally and claims that social mobility is determined by meritocracy. …”
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Balancing cultural plurality and national unity through education : the case of Malaysia by Hashim, Rosnani

“…The paper analyzes how basic issues of a common language, affirmative action for the under privileged race, a common school have united or divided the nation. it also examines the extent to which these educational efforts have met the goal of balancing national unity and cultural diversity. …”
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Balancing majority and minority rights: lessons from Malaysia by Azeem Fazwan Ahmad Farouk, Azrina Husin

“…By using a case study approach of historical events, the findings of this article suggest that in order to avoid inter-ethnic violence, a politics of power sharing and affirmative action characterized by permanent negotiations and compromises are the order of the day. …”
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Malaysia’s public policies to foster inclusive and accountable governance by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…(b) why postcolonial regimes felt encourage to adopt public policies based on affirmative action such as the NEP to address gross socioeconomic inequalities of ethnic groups? …”
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Inclusive development in fostering social safety net for disable people and women in Malaysia by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…Social Safety Net (SSN) is one of affirmative action by the Malaysia government in fostering the inclusive development for disadvantaged groups. …”
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Incorporating logic of indigeneity in safeguarding indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants in Malaysia: Case study of the Bidayuh in the district of Serian, Sarawak / Jasmine Anak... by Edmund Andrew, Jasmine

“…The impending loss of this valuable resource has stimulated policy intervention for affirmative action both at the international and national levels aimed at preserving, reinforcing, recording or adapting indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants, primarily through documentation and recording of medicinal plants specie and their uses in traditional treatments……”
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The Public e-Procurement in Malaysia. by Othman, Rohana, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman, Zakaria, Husein, Nordin, Norlaili, Shahidan, Zamzam

“…This paper lauds the affirmative action approach adopted by the Government of Malaysia to address the spectre of corruption via e-procurement. …”
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The matriculation story by Abdul Razak, Dzulkifli

“…In the case of Malaysia, the matriculation system was introduced to “balance” out access to the university as part of an “affirmative” action. It was an alternative to the only system then, the A-levels, which was unable to cope given the number of public universities that were fast multiplying to improve access and equity. …”
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Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore: Contesting models by Noor, Noraini M., Leong, Chan-Hoong

“…In Singapore, the city-state does not believe in affirmative action and it prefers to manage cultural identities on the basis of a multicultural ideology (Berry & Kalin,1995; Berry, Kalin, & Taylor, 1977). …”
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