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The future of equity in Canada depends on moving beyond simply counting racialized people in power and instead examining how power works, upholds injustice and can be transformed.
An uncritical reliance on ‘merit’ in hiring can actually perpetuate bias and inequality.
A new book argues that South Africa should ‘start again’, but the reviewer says it doesn’t make a strong case.
To ensure the civil service is staffed by qualified people, human resource management in the public sector must be professional.
While some worry “wokeist” ideology could corrupt scientific merit, it could be our problematic understanding of the latter poses an even greater threat to science, two philosophers argue.
The decline in support for the ANC suggests that coalition governments will become increasingly common in the country, affecting its appointment policy.
Al-Shabaab remains a strong regional actor and has proved itself to be a resilient force. It’s time to weigh a non-war strategic option
Almost 30 years into democracy, South Africa still hasn’t ensured the jobs of senior public servants are not tied to the tenure of government ministers.
Businesses need to do more than just focus on head count.
How human resources managers assess their CEO’s true intentions on diversity are crucial to understanding whether an organization’s diversity agenda will be followed.
The democratic transition in 1994 was the result of an ‘elite pact’ that changed the country’s politics, but did little to undermine the foundations of white economic power.
Knowing precisely how society rewards effort is key for how voters think about taxes. Only brute luck is seen as an undeserved reason for riches.
We all think we want equality, but in reality it’s often fairness that is more important to us.
Brazil’s Valley of the Dawn faith is often dismissed as a cult. But many of the group’s fantastical rituals are a recognizable reaction to this harsh world of inequality, loneliness and pandemics.
Many of the privileges that middle-class students enjoy are not obvious, even to themselves.
Team captains have a slight statistical advantage in being judged best on ground, says sports economist Liam Lenten.
In a victory for meritocracy, sandwich placements overwhelmingly go to the brightest students, irrespective of their background.
To reach the highest rungs of power, a new study shows, it really helps if your dad was president.
In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Sociology, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in International Development, King's College London
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Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield
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PhD Researcher (Conceptual History of Meritocracy), University of Nottingham
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Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
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Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics, UCL
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Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Research director, Centre d’Analyses de Mathématiques Sociales (CAMS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London