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03491aam a22005414i 4500 001 A29FBBF8AB7211E4A1AC46C0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150203010132 008 140304s2015 flu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014003575 020 $a 9781466503892 (hardback) 020 $a 1466503890 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)754730171 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d YUS $d CRCPR $d OCLCQ $d IXA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- $a n-us--- $a f-sa--- 050 00 $a JQ249.M54 $b T86 2015 082 00 $a 352.6/308 $2 23 084 $a POL017000 $a POL017000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Tummala, Krishna K., $e author. 245 10 $a Politics of preference : $b India, United States, and South Africa / $c Krishna K. Tummala. 264 1 $a Boca Raton : $b CRC Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xiv, 211 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Public administration and public policy : a comprehensive publication program ; $v 193 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Chapter 1. Prologue -- chapter 2. Theoretical pros and cons of AA -- chapter 3. "Reservations" in India -- chapter 4. "Affirmative Action" in the United States -- chapter 5. "Equal Employment" in South Africa. 520 $a ""Public Service" has two different aspects to it: political and administrative. Political representation deals with how people's representatives are elected. It is the second area which is of greater interest in that social assets are distributed and administered among the population. As public policies are administered by a myriad of administrators, it should be of interest in how the administrative personnel are selected. As minorities, based on whatever criteria- be they linguistic, religious, ethnic, tribal or racial- have problems everywhere, their representation in public service is considered important. More so, when there had been public policies which historically and deliberately discriminated against certain sections of the community. In other words, how to ensure a "representative bureaucracy"?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civil service $x Minority employment $z India. 650 0 $a Civil service $x Minority employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Civil service $x Minority employment $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Government policy $x Government policy $z India. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Government policy $x Government policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Government policy $x Government policy $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Public administration $x Social aspects $z India. 650 0 $a Public administration $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Public administration $x Social aspects $z South Africa. 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS $x Government & Business. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Public Affairs & Administration. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Civil service $x Minority employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862785 650 7 $a Minorities $x Government policy. $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01023152 650 7 $a Public administration $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082030 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 830 0 $a Public administration and public policy ; $v 193. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210022322.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A29FBBF8AB7211E4A1AC46C0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search