TY - BOOK AU - Kellough,J.Edward TI - Understanding affirmative action : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice SN - 9781589010895 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF4755.5 .K45 2006 U1 - 342.7308/7 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Affirmative action programs KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Affirmative action programs in education N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027243.html ER -