Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : Georgetown University Press
    UID:
    gbv_64704773X
    Format: Online-Ressource (191p) , 22 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 1589010892 , 9781589010895
    Content: For some time, the United States has been engaged in a national debate over affirmative action policy. A policy that began with the idea of creating a level playing field for minorities has sparked controversy in the workplace, in higher education, and elsewhere. After forty years, the debate still continues and the issues are as complex as ever. While most Americans are familiar with the term, they may not fully understand what affirmative action is and why it has become such a divisive issue.With this concise and up-to-date introduction, J. Edward Kellough brings together historical, philoso
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Contents; Acknowledgments; One: Affirmative Action: The Concept and the Controversy; Two: Early Efforts Focusing on Equality of Opportunity; Three: Affirmative Action and Preferential Selection; Four: Assessing the Argument: A Review of the Case For and Against Affirmative Action; Five: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: An Examination of the Early Development of Statutory and Constitutional Constraints; Six: Cases from 1995 to 2003: Challenges, Uncertainty, and the Survival of Affirmative Action; Seven: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Affirmative Action , Eight: Affirmative Action in the Twenty-first CenturyNotes; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781589010895
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Understanding Affirmative Action : Politics, Discrimination, and the Search for Justice
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. Further information can be found on the KOBV privacy pages