The shackled runner: Time to rethink positive discrimination?

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 728-739

  Noon, Mike ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity; equal opportunity; equality; meritocracy; positive discrimination; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651068262     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010380648     Document Type: Article

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