Down for the count: How meritocratic ideology stigmatizes quotas in the United States and some alternative paths to equity

Diversity Quotas, Diverse Perspectives: The Case of Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 159-171

  Scully, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315577739-18     Document Type: Chapter

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