quotaism

quotaism

English

Etymology

quota +‎ -ism

Noun

quotaism (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) The practice of taking a certain action to fulfil a quota, regardless of the action's merits (for example, ensuring that 10% of students admitted to a college are from a certain ethnic group, regardless of their qualifications).
   • 2000, Michael Kraus, ‎Allison Stanger, Irreconcilable Differences? →ISBN, page 172:

     One night of television a week was given over to “Slovak night,” a practice many Czechs found annoying, seeing it merely as quotaism and adding nothing to the quality of the broadcast.

References

• http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FIMHAQAAMAAJ&q=quotaism&dq=quotaism&hl=af&sa=X&ei=ip4UVMLoL9Sv7AbcqYGABQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw
• http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yOF_c0L-1csC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=quotaism&source=bl&ots=PITGIRIHY2&sig=LPUDx63XwgWEekjoFFxaF_MTcf0&hl=af&sa=X&ei=xeoUVJb2FofnatHxguAD&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=quotaism&f=false
• http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ya0XAAAAIAAJ&q=quotaism&dq=quotaism&hl=af&sa=X&ei=M-0UVNmFKu-I7Aagz4GwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBTgK