Controversies in Affirmative Action
Praeger Publishers Inc
978-1-4408-0082-5 (ISBN)
This comprehensive, three-volume set explores the ways the United States has interpreted affirmative action and probes the effects of the policy from the perspectives of economics, law, philosophy, psychology, sociology, political science, and race relations. Expert contributors tackle a host of knotty issues, ranging from the history of affirmative action to the theories underpinning it. They show how affirmative action has been implemented over the years, discuss its legality and constitutionality, and speculate about its future. Volume one traces the origin and evolution of affirmative action. Volume two discusses modern applications and debates, and volume three delves into such areas as international practices and critical race theory.
Standalone essays link cause and effect and past and present as they tackle intriguing—and important—questions. When does "affirmative action" become "reverse discrimination"? How many decades are too many for a "temporary" policy to remain in existence? Does race- or gender-based affirmative action violate the equal protection of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment? In raising such issues, the work encourages readers to come to their own conclusions about the policy and its future application.
James A. Beckman is the first permanent chair of the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, where he holds tenure and is associate professor.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology of Major Events Impacting Affirmative Action
Volume 3. Policy across Industry and Place
Chapter One: Philosophical Perspectives on Affirmative Action over the Past 40 Years
Paul M. Hughes
Chapter Two: Women, Work, and Affirmative Action
Naomi Robertson
Chapter Three: Affirmative Action in the Military: Unique Successes, New Challenges
Robert H. Knowles
Chapter Four: The Impact of Affirmative Action on Law Enforcement in the United States
Sean Maddan
Chapter Five: Federal Requirements for Affirmative Action in Employment and Contracting
Maria D. Beckman
Chapter Six: A World Perspective: Affirmative Action in the Global Context
John W. Dietrich
Chapter Seven: Beyond the Doors of Higher Education—Equal but Separate: College Student Social Groups in Florida after Gratz and Grutter
Abby F. Milon
Chapter Eight: Affirmative Action: Is It Really Necessary in the 21st Century?
Liza Lugo
Chapter Nine: New Opportunities or a Narrowing of Affirmative Action? The Increasingly Restrictive Application of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Ronnie B. Tucker
Chapter Ten: Diversity, Affirmative Action, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Jennifer E. Walsh
Chapter Eleven: Reading the Tea Leaves: Views of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices on Affirmative Action
Brett R. Meltzer
Appendix: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.7.2014 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 2268 g |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4408-0082-0 / 1440800820 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-0082-5 / 9781440800825 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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