Rosana Heringer & Ollie Johnson 
Race, Politics, and Education in Brazil 
Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Brazil has undertaken affirmative action in its universities on an unprecedented scale. An expert group of international scholars puts the new policies in historical, political, and legal context; evaluates their outcomes for students and universities; and demonstrates that the policies have been successful in addressing racial inequality.

About the author

Vera Lúcia Benedito, Brazil Dora Bertulio, Fundação Cultural Palmares Luiz Augusto Campos, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Político, Brazil Erich Dietrich, New York University, USA João Feres Junior, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Político, Brazil Rosana Heringer, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ollie Johnson, Wayne State University, USA Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA João Vitor Moreno, Brazil Amilcar Araujo Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flavia Piovesan, Brazil Sales Augusto dos Santos, Faculdade Projeção, Brazil Verônica Toste, Grupo de Estudos Multidisciplinares da Ação Afirmativa