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Affirmative action in the United States — is intended to promote access to education, employment, or housing among certain designated groups (typically, minorities and women). The stated motivation for affirmative action policies is to redress the effects of past discrimination and to… … Wikipedia
affirmative action — n: an active effort (as through legislation) to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. affirmative action … Law dictionary
Affirmative action — For the history and implementation of affirmative action in the U.S., see Affirmative action in the United States. Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national… … Wikipedia
Affirmative Action — Discrimination positive aux États Unis La discrimination positive aux Etats Unis (« affirmative action ») a été mise en place lors de la lutte pour les droits civiques et l abolition de la ségrégation raciale. Depuis le début des années … Wikipédia en Français
Affirmative action — Discrimination positive aux États Unis La discrimination positive aux Etats Unis (« affirmative action ») a été mise en place lors de la lutte pour les droits civiques et l abolition de la ségrégation raciale. Depuis le début des années … Wikipédia en Français
affirmative action — noun a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the … Useful english dictionary
action — French for share. Exchange Handbook Glossary * * * action ac‧tion [ˈækʆn] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] when someone does something in order to deal with a problem or difficult situation: • The government s action was prompted by shortages of … Financial and business terms
action — n. activity act 1) to initiate; take action; to go into action 2) to put smt. into action (we put our plan into action) 3) to prod, spur smb. into action 4) concerted, united; decisive; direct; disciplinary; drastic; emergency; hasty, rash;… … Combinatory dictionary
action — ac|tion1 W1S1 [ˈækʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(doing something)¦ 2¦(something done)¦ 3 in action 4 out of action 5¦(fighting)¦ 6¦(legal)¦ 7¦(excitement)¦ 8¦(the events in a story/film etc)¦ 9¦(movement)¦ 10¦(effect)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
First Malaysia Plan — The First Malaysia Plan (1966 ndash;1970) was an economic development plan implemented by the government of Malaysia. It was the first economic plan for the whole of Malaysia mdash; Sabah and Sarawak included mdash; as opposed to just Malaya,… … Wikipedia
Second Malaysia Plan — The Second Malaysia Plan was an economic development plan introduced by the government of Malaysia with the goal of implementing the Malaysian New Economic Policy (NEP). It lasted from 1971 to 1975 and aimed to restructure the society of Malaysia … Wikipedia
