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Understanding affirmative action : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice / J. Edward Kellough.

By: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.Description: 191p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781589010895 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1589010892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/7 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4755.5 .K45 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century.

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