The Civil Rights Society

Examining the role of law in promoting social change, Bumiller contends that antidiscrimination law has perpetuated victimization. She describes why the social identity of victims reinforces their sense of powerlessness, and reveals failure of legal action to address sexual and racial oppression.

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"Bumiller is among several scholars who have questioned the excessive reliance on law, especially constitutional law and the Supreme Court, as a means of solving social problems in the United States. The book will generate much discussion among those scholars interested in critical legal studies, sociology of law, race and gender relations, the social psychology of victimization, and social stratification."--Darnell F. Hawkins, 'Contemporary Sociology.'