Format:
Online-Ressource (191p)
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1589010892
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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
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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
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Eight: Affirmative Action in the Twenty-first CenturyNotes; Index
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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
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