| LC control no. | sh 85001507 |
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| LC classification | HF5549.5.A34 |
| Topical heading | Affirmative action programs |
| Variant(s) | Equal employment opportunity Equal opportunity in employment |
| See also | Personnel management Discrimination in employment Minorities--Employment |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on programs intended to provide opportunities for members of minority groups who are regarded as having suffered from discrimination. Works on the use of political institutions to reconcile interethnic differences and conflicts within multi-ethnic states are entered under Ethnic accommodation. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Ethnic accommodation |
| Found in | OED online, June 15, 2020: affirmative action (affirmative action n. originally U.S. action taken to affirm an established policy; spec. active measures taken by an employer, college, etc., to provide opportunities for members of minority groups, women, or other people regarded as having suffered from discrimination) |
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