Affirmative action for the future
Discusses 2006 and 2008 referendums that banned affirmative action in some states while upholding it in others, and offers a defense of affirmative action in public and private institutions, discussing the practice as a tool for social reform.
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- Full title :Affirmative action for the future / James P. Sterba.
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Discusses 2006 and 2008 referendums that banned affirmative action in some states while upholding it in others, and offers a defense of affirmative action in public and private institutions, discussing the practice as a tool for social reform.
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- Publication Date:©2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 131 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780801458842, 0801458846
- oclc:ocn726824172
- LC Classification:KF4755.5
- Dewey Decimal:342.7308/5
Table of Contents
Current racial and sexual discrimination -- A legal history of race-and sex-based affirmative action -- How best to define affirmative action -- A defense of outreach affirmative action -- A defense of remedial affirmative action -- Objections to remedial affirmative action -- A defense of diversity affirmative action -- Objections to diversity affirmative action -- Affirmative action around the world.
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