Affirmative action : the pros and cons of policy and practice
This volume employs a pro and con format to offer an introduction to the affirmative action debate. Part one draws on state and federal court decisions to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias and part two cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action.
eBook, English, ©2001
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md., ©2001
1 online resource (xxiii, 276 pages)
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Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 For Affirmative Action Chapter 3 The Issues Chapter 4 Defining Affirmative Action Chapter 5 Underlying Issue of Need Chapter 6 Fairness and Affirmative Action Chapter 7 The Effectiveness of Affirmative Action Chapter 8 Making Affirmative Action Work Chapter 9 The Promise of Affirmative Action Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 References Part 12 Against Affirmative Action Chapter 13 Section One: Affirmative Action: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed (And Perhaps Never Was) Chapter 14 Prologue Chapter 15 The Origins of Affirmative Action Chapter 16 The Varieties of Affirmative Action Chapter 17 Affirmative Action's High-Water Mark:Johnson v. Santa Clara County (1987) Chapter 18 The Lowering of the Tide: Affirmative Action after Johnson Chapter 19 Section Two: The Insuperable Problems of Affirmative Action Chapter 20 Introduction Chapter 21 Affirmative Action for Whome? Chapter 22 Affirmative Action in Education Chapter 23 Group Differences Don't Go Away Chapter 24 Affirmative Action for Blacks? Hispanics? Women? the Disadvantaged? Chapter 25 The People and Affirmative Action Chapter 26 Appendix One Chapter 27 Appendix Two Chapter 28 Notes Chapter 29 References Chapter 30 Index
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