Education, meritocracy and opinions toward affirmative action targeted at women in Albania
Faniko, Klea ; Lorenzi-Cioldi, Fabio ; Buschini, Fabrice
SEER. Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe
2010
13
4
565-577
education ; education of women ; educational policy ; level of qualification
Education and training
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"This article examines the role of education in the possession of opinions towards affirmative action that help women in Albania. A survey study (n= 173) showed that participants respond more favourably to weak preferential treatment than to strong preferential treatment. They further reveal that highly-educated people were less favourable towards affirmative action plans than lesser-educated people and were openly unfavourable towards strong preferential action. Meritocratic beliefs mediated the effects of education as regards support for strong preferential treatment, but not for weak preferential treatment. The article goes on to discuss the theoretical implications of these findings. "
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