Big government and affirmative action: the scandalous history of the Small Business Administration
"Created by Congress in 1953, the SBA does not conform to traditional interpretations of interests-group democracy. Even though the public - and Congress - favors small enterprise, there has never been a unified group of small business owners requesting the government's help. Indeed, the SBA often has failed to address the real problems of "Mom and Pop" shop owners, fueling the ongoing debate about the agency's viability." "Big Government and Affirmative Action draws interesting parallels betwe…
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- Full title :Big government and affirmative action : the scandalous history of the Small Business Administration / Jonathan J. Bean.
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"Created by Congress in 1953, the SBA does not conform to traditional interpretations of interests-group democracy. Even though the public - and Congress - favors small enterprise, there has never been a unified group of small business owners requesting the government's help. Indeed, the SBA often has failed to address the real problems of "Mom and Pop" shop owners, fueling the ongoing debate about the agency's viability." "Big Government and Affirmative Action draws interesting parallels between affirmative action for small business, which few have questioned, and racial preferences, which remain highly controversial. Showing how the politics of affirmative action often makes strange bedfellows, Bean delves into the fascinating, if frustrating, history of a federal agency."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2001.
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- Publisher(s):University Press of Kentucky
- Place of Publication:Lexington
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 224 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0813121876, 9780813121871
- oclc:ocm45223489
- LC Classification:HD2346.U5
- Dewey Decimal:354.2/799/0973
Table of Contents
Politics and patronage -- Small business on the New Frontier -- The entrepreneurial era -- Crisis and consolidation -- The agony of Hilary Sandoval -- The small scandal administration -- Small business in an age of big government -- Eternal life.
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