Reparations - Alfred L. Brophy

Reparations

Pro and Con
Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2008
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-530407-7 (ISBN)
29,90 inkl. MwSt
Written by an expert on racial violence, this book regards the debate over reparations since the 1700s, examining the arguments on both sides of the debate. It takes us inside litigation and legislatures, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses.
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate over reparations from the 1700s to the present, examining the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses, including apologies and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike.

Alfred L. Brophy is Professor of Law at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation and Book Reviews Editor of Law and History Review. He contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Brophy has appeared on CNN's News Night with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, NPR's "Fresh Air," the "Tavis Smiley Show," and "Talk of the Nation," and has been quoted in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.

Introduction
Part I. Understanding Reparations: Reparations Definitions, Goals, History, and Theory
1: Reparations Definitions
2: Black (and Other) Reparations
Part II. Reparations Ascendant: The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory
3: The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why, and What?
4: Against Reparations
Part III. Implementing Reparations: Reparations Practice
5: Evaluating Reparations Lawsuits
6: Legislative Reparations
Part IV. Possibilities for the Future
7: Reparations Future, Realistic Reparations, and Models of Reparations
Appendices and Documents Related to Reparations
Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.5.2008
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 233 x 159 mm
Gewicht 445 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-530407-1 / 0195304071
ISBN-13 978-0-19-530407-7 / 9780195304077
Zustand Neuware
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