law and regulation
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

legal and judicial system/human rights/civil rights
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

affirmative action in the workplace
type: Concept
broader: positive discrimination

education policy
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

law, politics, and public policy
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

campaigns, elections, and the law
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

workplace diversity
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

gender and politics
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

positive discrimination
related: civil rights and civil liberties
related: legal and judicial system/human rights/civil rights
related: contemporary issues in political thought
related: intergroup relations
related: race, ethnicity, and gender
related: law and public policy
related: education policy
related: constitutional rights and issues
related: the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
related: group structure
related: educational equity
related: law, politics, and public policy
related: economic/work issues
related: constitutional issues
related: law and regulation
related: gender and politics
related: campaigns, elections, and the law
related: concepts, theories, and legal principles
broader: gender identities and roles
broader: discrimination
broader: race policy
broader: equality and social stratification
broader: equal employment oportunity
broader: politics and society
broader: workplace diversity
narrower: affirmative action in the workplace
narrower: affirmative action in education
type: Concept
definition: Positive discrimination refers to the broad range of deliberate, time-bound (voluntarist) policies intended to facilitate the integration of historically deprived social groups that were hitherto discriminated or disadvantaged either by government policy or social prejudice. The principle of positive discrimination aims to reduce de facto inequality and gives preferential treatment to people belonging to groups whose past and actual discrimination in a given society is tied to ascriptive characteristics such as gender, race, ethnicity, region, language, caste, or religion. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Positive Discrimination]
alternative label: affirmative action

economic/work issues
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

gender identities and roles
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

affirmative action in education
type: Concept
broader: positive discrimination

race, ethnicity, and gender
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

contemporary issues in political thought
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

politics and society
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

educational equity
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

equality and social stratification
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

civil rights and civil liberties
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

group structure
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

constitutional rights and issues
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

law and public policy
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

race policy
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

intergroup relations
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

discrimination
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination

concepts, theories, and legal principles
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: positive discrimination

constitutional issues
type: Concept
related: positive discrimination

equal employment oportunity
type: Concept
narrower: positive discrimination